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The Bakersfield Californian Thursday, October 11, 2012

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Index ‘Stars of Beatlemania!’ ............................ 22 Arts Alive: It’s gangnam, gang................ 24 Shocking Bakersfield film........................ 25 The Lowdown with Matt Munoz.............. 26 Artist wins $25,000 ................................ 27 Your guide to Pride .................................. 28 Adieu to music mentors .......................... 21 Calendar .............................................. 36-37

For artistic direction, Carrie takes the wheel BY MATT MUNOZ Californian staff writer mmunoz@bakersfield.com

As many of country music’s biggest stars find themselves caught in a flurry of artistic distraction, Carrie Underwood has always preferred trusting her instincts. “I enjoying making country music that everybody can like no matter what genre of music you listen to,” said Underwood, who will perform at Rabobank Arena Oct. 18 in support of her latest album, “Blown Away.” “Find a song, or find a story that you can really get into. I’ve been asked many times to make alternative versions of my songs, but I know how I grew up, the kind of music that I like and am comfortable singing.” Even seven years after Carrie Underwood her life-changing win on When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 “American Idol,” the perWhere: Rabobank Arena, former fans see today 1001 Truxtun Ave. isn’t that much different Admission: $41.50 to from the fresh-faced 21$61.50, plus service year-old who charmed charges Simon Cowell — save for the multiplatinum sucInformation: 852-7777 or cess she’s enjoyed in the ticketmaster.com interim. Underwood, 29, locked in to her musical identity as a child growing up in Oklahoma, where country music is part of everyday life. “We had so much country music on the radio where I lived,” said Underwood, who was proud to note a Bakersfield connection: Her mom, Carole, was born here, though she didn’t stay long. “People like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard were just a part of what was on the radio every day, along with newer artists. I don’t think at the time I even knew what Bakersfield’s ‘sound’ was. I just knew the artists and that they were a part of my life.” As a repeat co-host (with Brad Paisley) of the Country Music Awards, Underwood feels an obligation to see what her colleagues are up to musically, and though she said she likes a lot of what she hears, she isn’t that influenced by it. She’s too busy cultivating her own artistic identity. “When I turn on the radio, I don’t wanna hear the same song, I wanna know a certain person’s sound. When I hear a song, it’s like, ‘Ah, this is so-and-so.’ You know? I think it’s really great. I think there really is something for everyone." As for life on the road — a necessity for a performer of Underwood’s stature — it comes at a personal price. In 2010, the singer married professional hockey player Mike Fisher, who is based in Nashville. “The phone kind of becomes your best friend, and I know my husband and I really need to get better about talking on the phone. I don’t know, we’re not chatty people, so that gets difficult at times. But we see each other when we can and know that, at some point, I’ll be off the road and I can drive him crazy.”

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Carrie Underwood — singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XLIV — has a tenuous connection to Bakersfield: Her mom was born here, though she left as a small child and has no memories of living here.

Maintaining friendships is difficult as well, especially if the friends in question are just as famous. Underwood's phone contains some high-profile contacts, including singers Miranda Lambert and fellow “Idol” alum Kellie Pickler. “I’ll text Miranda from time to time and talk about how we really need to get together, but of course we’re never in the same place at the same time. It’s just really nice to have a lot of other females in the genre that are genuinely nice and normal, and you can have a conversation with them and get to be happy for them when good things happen.” But the singer has been able to forge a family of sorts on the road from the entourage of people who work to keep the Underwood machine going. “When you grow up and you think about being famous

and, ‘Oh, I wanna sing,’ you know it just seems so easy and glamorous. You think, ‘Oh, those musicians, they sleep all day and so many other people do everything for them, and they just get up and sing at night.’ But there’s just so much work that goes into it, and so many people involved. I never knew that side of it: how many people it took to make one person’s career go ’round.” The star, whose upcoming concert will be her third in Bakersfield since 2008, is eager to give local fans something new. “We worked really hard at making this show something that visually just tells a story, and makes sense from start to finish. You can follow it and love it, hear your favorite songs and be introduced to a couple new ones. I’m just really proud of what we’ve done with this show. So, I just want people to come take it all in."

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Taking chalk to pavement makes magic BY CAMILLE GAVIN Contributing writer gavinarts@aol.com

I often urge people to take their time viewing a piece of art, and the Via Arté street painting festival this weekend at The Marketplace is the perfect opportunity to do just that. After all, each painting is a work in progress. For me, watching individuals use chalk pastels to turn an ordinary piece of pavement into a colorful work of art is sort of miraculous. And what makes it even more interesting is that it includes all ages, from young children — or bambinos, as Via Arté refers to them in a nod to the event’s Italian roots — to seasoned veterans. In addition to the 150 or so local and out-of-town professional artists expected to participate in this year’s event — it’s the 14th annual festival organized by the Bakersfield Museum of Art — are a number of students from local high schools. Each year BMOA partners with area businesses to provide blocks of 4-by-6-foot spaces to participating high schools. Officials at the museum estimate that last year more than 300 teenagers from 25 area schools were given the opportunity to take part in Via Arté. Stockdale High is one example. Art teacher Linda Hyatt plans to have four teams of students working on the standard-size rectangles in groups of two or three this weekend. And one group is tackling a 7-by-7-foot square, one of the largest sizes available. As for the subject matter, that’s for the kids to decide. “I usually allow my students to choose

14th Annual Via Arte Painting Festival When: 10 a.m to 8 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday Where: The Marketplace, 9000 Ming Ave. Admission: Free Information: 323-7219

an image they really like,” Hyatt said. “When you are working on the hard ground for so many hours, it helps if you are enthusiastic about the image.” One group, she said, is doing an original piece in which the full-color design must be created before the event. The others are doing copies, such as a painting of a koi fish, which they are modifying a bit from the original. Their method of preparation for the show is one developed by Art Sherwyn, Hyatt’s predecessor at Stockdale and an enthusiastic supporter of Via Arté. “Our process involves transferring the image onto large paper with an opaque projector, and then perforating the paper by hand so the outline can be transferred by chalking onto the parking lot,” Hyatt said. “This is a great time-saving method taught to us by Art Sherwyn.” Today, about a dozen Stockdale students will begin readying the site, a large portion of the Ming Avenue shopping center’s parking lot. “They help chalk the lines, and stencil the names of donors at the top of the squares,” Hyatt said. “This usually takes one or two days.” Traditionally, Via Arté is the art muse-

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Brandon Todd re-created the Batmobile during Via Arté in 2011.

um’s most successful event, financially and in terms of attendance. In 2011, it attracted 12,000 visitors, according to information provided by BMOA. To produce the two-day event, the art museum partners with area businesses and individuals who sponsor one or more squares. Cost for the sponsorships ranges from $150 for a 4-by-6 rectangle to $850 for a 12by-12 foot square. This year’s featured artist is Lorelle Avonne Miller, said Vikki Cruz, BMOA curator.

Miller is known for her involvement in street painting and over the last 14 years has been an invited and featured Madonnara, or street painter, in more than 50 festivals throughout California. She also has been a lead figure in festivals in Arizona, Florida and Illinois, as well as in British Columbia, Mexico and Norway. A graduate of Cal State Northridge, she lives in Saugus. Entertainment by various musical groups is scheduled throughout the weekend as well as performances by Claydoh the Clown and a group of belly dancers.

Antique show a grand old time — with emphasis on old BY STEFANI DIAS

19th annual Old Time Peddler’s Faire

Californian assistant lifestyles editor sdias@bakersfield.com

Cowboys, Civil War soldiers and pirates, oh my! With such a roll call, it should be a grand time at the 19th annual Old Time Peddler’s Faire this weekend. Held each year at Pioneer Village at the Kern County Museum, this year’s event truly will head back to the past with some special guests. “In the past, we’ve had living history groups. (This year) we have 1880s cowboys and a Civil War living history group, said organizer Mark Bianchi. And “for the first time ever, we’ll have the pirate group (from Safe Halloween).” Locally based Pirate Guild, led by Kenny Mount, won’t put on quite the display they do for the museum’s annual Halloween event, but will set up a “pirate camp” for the weekend, along with the living history groups. That cast of colorful characters might find quarters to be tight, even on the museum’s eight acres, as up to 200 vendors set up shop. “This year we’re at capacity. We’re trying to fit people in wherever we can.” With such an impressive number of vendors, the event should live up to Bianchi’s description: “You can find pretty much anything. Something for 50 cents or you

When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Where: Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave. Admission: $15 early bird; $10 (good for both days), children under 10 are free with paid adult Information: 496-3962 or oldtimepeddlersfaire.com

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A collection of antiques at Joel Bilotta's booth at the 2011 Old Time Peddler's Faire.

can spend $1,000.” From antique toys and advertising signs to glassware, pottery and primitives (housewares and tools made around the turn of the last century), there’s plenty to peruse. “You never know what you’re going to find. Even if they specialize in something.” So what’s the most interesting item

Bianchi has seen? “One year a fellow had three beautiful barber chairs. The most interesting was a child’s barber chair. He sold them all. They weren’t cheap either.” Price is no object to some aficionados. Bianchi said he was drawn to antiques based on his interest in American Indian

art and baskets as well as furniture from the Arts and Crafts movement, also known as Craftsman. Even though he doesn’t describe himself as an avid collector, Bianchi said the event has an edge over visiting local antique shops. “We have some vendors from San Diego to Oregon. That makes it interesting. If you go to the stores here things change, but slowly. If you go to the faire, you have lots of things you haven't seen before. That’s one reason we get a lot of dealers (shopping). They don’t know what they’re going to see.” Vendors buy from other vendors, and those aforementioned eager dealers take Please turn to FAIRE / 28

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After 30 years as Lennon, Beatles gig remains fab Tribute performer opens up on rock’s greatest act

‘Stars of Beatlemania!’ When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Fox Theater, 2001 H St. Tickets: $34.50 to 74.50; vallitix.com or 322-5200.

BY JENNIFER SELF Californian lifestyles editor jself@bakersfield.com

David Leon isn’t a real Beatle, but he’s played one just about as long as the original Fab Four combined. In fact, he’s been a stand-in for John Lennon nearly as Long as John Lennon was John Lennon. “I’ve been doing this since 1979,” said Leon, who co-starred in “Beatlemania: The Movie” in 1980 and countless other tributes to the band over the years. He brings his latest production, “The Stars of Beatlemania!” to the Fox Theater on Saturday night. “Even after 30 years it’s still a work in progress,” the performer said in a phone interview Monday. “It’s amazing how every time you hear it, you hear something different and cool. There are so many nuances to the music. You don’t get tired of it because it’s a challenge.” In the overpopulated world of tribute bands — a demand fueled by boomers’ unquenchable thirst to recall days gone by — Beatles acts are unique, and not just because of the incomparable LennonMcCartney catalog. The last time the Beatles played a full concert — on Aug. 26, 1966 — the band had yet to record such watershed albums as “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “The White Album” or “Abbey Road.” “They never performed any of their later material live — they never even attempted

Win tickets to “The Stars of Beatlemania” Tune in to “Californian Radio” Thursday morning for your chance to win tickets to the show, at the Fox Theater on Saturday. The Eye Street crew will be talking all things entertainment during the hour, which begins at 9 a.m. Call with questions or comments and listen for your chance to win tickets: 842-KERN.

to do it. And we do.” The band covers all the periods — from the innocence of “Love Me Do” to the operatic complexity of “A Day in the Life” — during the course of the two-hour show. News footage and costume changes set the mood as the band advances through the ’60s. More of our conversation with Leon: Favorite Beatles era: I prefer the very early stuff. There was just something about the sound of the 1963-’64 Beatles, that there’s just nothing to compare it with. But to go from “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to “I Am the Walrus” in four years doesn’t make any sense, to grow that much as a musician. It seems like it would take someone a lifetime.

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The Stars of Beatlemania, a tribute to the Beatles, plays at the Fox Theater on Saturday. From left: Carroll Parker as Ringo Starr; David Leon as John Lennon; Alan LeBouef as Paul McCartney; and Jimmy Pou as George Harrison. Favorite album: “Rubber Soul.” That, to me, was the period where they had decided to really grow and the songwriting really matured, and the sounds were amazing. They were like, ‘We’re done with the teeny boppers.’... It’s also John Lennon’s finest hour as a composer I think. “In My Life,” “Girl,” “Nowhere Man,” “Norwegian Wood” on one album. Least favorite era: The “Let It Be” album, at the very end. I didn’t love it. I just think that album was their weakest effort because of what was happening within the band. They were like, “I’m going in today, you go in tomorrow” — and you can tell. To their credit, I think

they knew they were coming to an end and they did a great Beatles record, “Abbey Road,” which sounds more like a band. Were you performing as John Lennon at the time of his death? I wasn’t at the very time of his death, but not too long after that. It was very odd. It just felt weird because he was gone and I felt a little uncomfortable being on stage. So 30-plus years in, how much longer can you get away with playing a Beatle? I don’t know. We are getting up there. We all look good enough to pull of the early stuff and when the time comes that we can’t, I guess they’ll tell us.

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No guts, no Gorey: Macabre show set Theater pays tribute to author/artist with musical program, gala BY STEFANI DIAS Californian assistant lifestyles editor sdias@bakersfield.com

With Halloween in our thoughts, it’s easy to imagine ghouls and other villains around every corner. But if you prefer your entertainment more Gorey than gory, The Empty Space has you covered. Opening this weekend, the dark comedy “Gorey Stories” pays tribute to the work of Edward Gorey, the famed author/artist best known for his macabre illustrations. For scaredy-cats, the themes are frightful but not frightening, said director Bob Kempf. “While not at all scary, it does have lots of gruesome moments, weird characters and comic violence. Those not familiar with the works of Edward Gorey might be put off by it, but even for the uninitiated, it has its charms and surprises.” The musical show is divided into two acts: Act I is staged like a revue, with songs and scenes strung together; Act II, based on Gorey’s “The Unstrung Harp,” follows a Goreytype writer (played by Ron Warren) who finds other stories and characters flow in and out while he tries to make deadline. Those characters come from the other 15 cast members, including Justin Lawson Brooks, Jared Cantrell, Taylor Lozano, Kayleigh Peaker and Perrin Swanson, who play a variety of roles. Kempf said the show’s staging and the source material

‘Gorey Stories’ When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Gorey Gala at 7:15 p.m. Saturday Where: The Empty Space, 706 Oak St. Admission: Suggested donation of $15, $10 for students/seniors; $20 for gala Information: esonline.org or 327-7529

appealed to him as a director. “I’m a Gorey fan from way back, and, as a matter of fact, one of my early assignments in my first directing class at CSU Fresno was to create a series of scenes based on a painting or drawing. I chose an illustration from ‘The Doubtful Guest,’ perhaps my favorite work by Gorey. “Somehow directing this production makes it feel as if the mystical circle is now complete! Seriously though, I like a challenge, and bringing Gorey’s work to life on stage is definitely that.” For those who want to embrace the spirit of the show, the theater will host a Gorey Gala on Saturday. Starting about an hour before the show begins, the event will include raffle prizes, goodie bags, candy and games, including a creepy limerick contest (if Kempf has his way). Wine, sparkling cranberry punch and caramel apple cider will be served along with an assortment of appetizers and “fantastic desserts” from Kristina Saldana, including cupcakes, dark chocolate brownie bites, Nutella tarts, chocolate chunk bars and pumpkin spice cake.

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From left, Perrin Swanson, Catt Fox and Logan Haarsager in a scene from “Gorey Stories,” which opens Friday at The Empty Space.

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Ready for a little gangnam action? Dance program honors sister city

GO & DO Bucheon Traditional Korean Dancers & Singers

ntil I spoke with Jae Shin a few days ago, I’d never heard of gangnam or the Korean rapper named Psy who invented it. But Shin explained that it’s a popular style of music and it will be his local group’s contribution to a more formal concert by the Bucheon Traditional Korean Musicians and Dancers on Saturday at Harvey Auditorium. “Gangnam started with a video that came out on YouTube on July 15 and since then it’s been seen by millions of people,” he said. “There have been a lot of parodies all over the world and we wanted to entertain the Bakersfield audience.” His group of about 30 drummers and other musicians will be joined by four members of the Bakersfield Youth Symphony on the violin, viola, cello and oboe. The main attraction, however, is the professional troupe, based in Bucheon, South Korea. The concert is co-sponsored by the Korean American Association of Bakersfield and the Bakersfield Sister City Project. Although much of the program is devoted to elegant dances and songs based on Korean traditions and folklore, the first piece on the program is a frenetic number called “Nanta.” It is a take-off on a popular Korean musical comedy of the same name, in which chefs and kitchen workers do a performance using kitchen implements. “‘Nanta’ is anything that you can use to make it sound like an instrument,” Shin said. “It can be sticks, brooms, knives, pans — anything.” Several years ago another Korean group gave a performance at Cal State Bakersfield’s Doré Theatre. I recall being fascinated by the beautiful and colorful costumes worn by the dancers as well as the traditional music played on various instruments like the zither, a stringed instrument that comes in various sizes and shapes. “This (Bucheon troupe) is like the one that was here before,” Shin said, “but I think

When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Harvey Auditorium, 1241 G St. Admission: $20 in advance, $25 at the door Information: 706-9698

Poet Gary Lemons When: 7:30 p.m. today Where: Russo’s Books, 9000 Stockdale Highway Admission: Free Information: 809-3784

Sarah McQuaid concert

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A professional troupe of dancers and musicians from Bakersfield’s Sister City of Bucheon, South Korea, will perform here on Saturday.

Bell, a former poet laureate of the state of Iowa.

this one is better.” Shin, who operates a wholesale grocery business, is president of the local Korean association. He estimates the organization has about 5,000 members. They also sponsor a Korean school that is located at a local church, he said. It is attended by about 40 elementary-level students. Bucheon is one of Bakersfield’s sister cities, and representatives of the Korean city are accompanying the performers on their visit here. Their vice mayor, Jeon Tai-Heon, will be honored at a $50-per-person dinner at Seven Oaks Country Club. Shin said reservations are necessary.

Open mic at Russo’s A presentation by poet Gary Lemons will be a highlight of a multi-faceted open mic program this evening at Russo’s Books at The Marketplace. Kevin Shah, coordinator of the monthly open mic program at the bookstore, said it Lemons will begin later than usual because there are two events scheduled that evening. “I will be on hand at 7 p.m. for sign-ups for open mic,” Shah

Camille Gavin’s “Arts Alive” column appears on Thursday. Write to her via e-mail at gavinarts@aol.com

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“Snake” by Gary Lemons

said. “I will be there to notify my regulars that there is a 30-minute delay and encourage them to attend the last (part) the first event, which is a book discussion for One Book, One Bakersfield conducted by Thomas Robinson.” At 7:30 p.m. Lemons will read from his newest book, “Snake,” which is published by Red Hen Press, a nonprofit organization in Pasadena. He currently is on a California tour sponsored by the James Irvine Foundation. A seasoned writer, Lemons published his first poem in Kayak magazine in 1966, according to a statement from Red Hen. Since then, he has been featured in literary magazines, anthologies and journals. He spent two years at the Undergraduate Poetry Workshop at the University of Iowa, studying poetry with Donald Justice, Norman Dubie and Marvin

Sarah McQuaid, a singer, songwriter and guitarist based in England, will be in Tehachapi on Tuesday for a concert at Fiddlers Crossing. Her appearance is part of an American tour in conjunction with the release of her latest album, “The Plum Tree and the Rose.” She will visit 18 states on her road trip that began in North Carolina on Sept. 6 and ends Oct. 27 in Texas. McQuaid, who has a warm and inviting alto voice judging from her YouTube videos, focuses on Appalachian folk songs as well as those of Ireland, Scotland and England. Born in Madrid, Spain, according to a press release, she grew up in Chicago and lived in Ireland for 14 years before moving to Cornwall, England in 2007.

Symphony’s 80th birthday The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 80 years of existence in fine style last Saturday at the Rabobank Auditorium. The board of directors even served birthday cake at intermission. And to the surprise of many, Margaret Urner, 94, got a special salute for being the only person in the audience who had attended the orchestra’s inaugural concert way back in 1932 at what was then called Kern County Union High School. I asked her about it after the

When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: Fiddlers Crossing, 206 E. F St., Tehachapi Admission: $15 Information: 823-9994

concert and she remembered the event clearly. “It was in the old high school auditorium and we had to listen to all those old trains toot their horns,” she said, meaning the noise from the Santa Fe Railroad station which was across from the campus at 14th and F streets. Fortunately for Saturday’s opening concert of its 81st season, there were no unwanted noises to interrupt guest soloist Michael Brown’s impressive interpretation of the Grieg Concerto in A minor. In fact, the audience gave the pianist a standing ovation and he responded with a brief encore. Prior to the start of the concert, BSO music director and conductor John Farrer accepted on behalf of the orchestra proclamations from both the city and the county, which were presented by Mayor Harvey L. Hall and Supervisor Karen Goh. Camille Gavin’s “Arts Alive” column appears on Thursday. Write to her via email at gavinarts@aol.com.

‘Gangnam-style’ flash mob today A flash mob — a large, organized group of people, for the uninitiated — will assemble at The Marketplace at 5 p.m. today to perform a gangnamstyle dance. There will also be members of a visiting delegation from Bakersfield’s sister city of Bucheon, S. Korea performing traditional Korean dance and music.

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“Trade of Innocents” stars Mira Sorvino, center, and Dermot Mulroney as a married couple fighting to end human trafficking. The film begins a weeklong engagement at Maya Cinemas on Friday.

Prepare to be enraged, inspired Local film on child sex trade begins weeklong engagement at Maya BY SUSAN SCAFFIDI Contributing writer

How you can help fight human trafficking BY SUSAN SCAFFIDI Contributing writer

Although the events in “Trade of Innocents” take place in Cambodia, local viewers shouldn’t consider human trafficking a scourge only of the Third World. It’s global. And it’s local. “Bakersfield is the ‘vortex’ of the trucking industry, a hub between San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas,” said Jim Schmidt, one of the producers of the film, who said traffickers use truck stops in their dirty trade. “We know that’s how girls are being moved around,” Schmidt said. “Innocents” ends with some alarming statistics about the size and scope of human trafficking worldwide, as

Symposium on human trafficking When: 9 a.m. Saturday Where: Icardo Center at CSUB, 9001 Stockdale Highway Admission: $20, available at tradeofinnocentsresources.com/e vents. The ticket includes admission to the film, playing at Maya Cinemas from Oct. 12-18.

well as the film’s motto and a call to action: “Justice Needs a Hero. Be One.” To bring that point home, the film’s West Coast premiere on Friday will be followed by a half-day symposium

starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Icardo Center at CSUB. Attendees will hear from panelists representing the FBI, state and local law enforcement and legislators, and individuals who work directly with victims, both in rescue operations and treatment, called “aftercare.” One of the panelists is Phil Gazley, who has spent the last 11 years researching, educating and coordinating various organizations in the fight against human trafficking, first in Colorado, and now in Kern County. Gazley, who has lived in Tehachapi for the last two years, said he found people were ready to get involved. “What I discovered was there was a lot of growing interest, a growing list Please turn to SYMPOSIUM / 30

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part of those who sell their children, and ignorance and even indifference from the rest of the world. The adult actors are good — Tran and Billingsley are particularly memorable — but it is the children who resonate. The filmmakers shot in Thailand and took great care when casting schoolchildren for the project, making sure parents and children were comfortable participating in the film. The producers of the film avoid any exploitation of the subject: There are no sex scenes, and any scenes where children appear with the criminal characters were first reviewed with parents. “We told them what the goal was and they were completely behind it,” Schmidt said. The Bakersfield run is part of a gradual release into 10 to 12 cities this weekend following the film’s world premiere at Lincoln Center in New York on Sept. 27. Schmidt hopes the strategy will allow “Trade of Innocents” to gain steam. Please turn to TRADE / 30

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akersfield will host the West Coast premiere of the independent film “Trade of Innocents,” a careful depiction of the trafficking of children as sex slaves that is intended to both enrage and inspire those who watch it. The film, which opens Friday night for an exclusive weeklong run at Maya Cinemas, was produced by Dr. Bill Bolthouse and his wife, Laurie, of Colorado, who have Bakersfield family connections, and Jim Schmidt, a Bakersfield resident who works for a Culver City production company. Financing, from Valley Republic Bank, was local as well. “It’s kind of Bakersfield’s movie,” Schmidt said. Based on real events, “Trade of

Innocents” takes place in Cambodia and follows the efforts of Alex and Claire Becker, an American human trafficking investigator and his wife who are working on both sides of the issue: breaking up the network of pimps and customers who prey on children, and rescuing and caring for those children. As the Beckers, actors Dermot Mulroney and Mira Sorvino become our gateway into this distant world of extreme poverty, corrugated metal shacks, open sewers, crowded markets and isolated villages, where children disappear all too easily. We also see the vicious underworld of human trafficking, portrayed here by Trieu Tran (“Hancock,” “Tropic Thunder”) as the callous gangster Duke for whom children are merely a commodity, and veteran character actor John Billingsley in a chilling, creepy performance as Malcolm, the customer willing to pay any price for a “fresh” child. The film also shows the other factors that facilitate such trade: desperation and a warped sense of family duty (“She’s helping her family,” says one woman) on the

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‘Malcolm’ in his middle 20s Former child star now drummer in band

he transition from child to adult is awkward, but even worse when the entire world is watching you on the tube every week. Just ask actor Frankie Muniz, whom TV viewers remember as the gifted misfit Malcolm on Fox’s “Malcolm in the Middle,” a gig that earned him the title of “Hollywood’s Most Bankable Teen” at the height of the show’s popularity. After the series ended in 2006, Muniz stayed busy, appearing in a number of action and comedy flicks like “Agent Cody Banks” and “Walk Hard.” He even took up Formula car racing until an injury forced him to hit the brakes in 2009. But as the lights began to dim on acting and racing, Muniz had already begun contemplating a new career as a full-time musician. Playing a supporting role, as drummer, he and his bandmates from pop/alternative quartet Kingsfoil make a stop at Narducci’s Cafe on Friday. Muniz, who debuted with Kingsfoil in April, is featured on the band’s second full-length album, “A Beating Heart is a Bleeding Heart,” released in August. Muniz and company are on an epic selffinanced trek across the country to promote the release. “There’s been good and bad comments, because I’ve been on TV,” said Muniz during a phone interview earlier this week. “In the past, I’ve seen actors getting up on stage trying to be in a band, and I’ve said, ‘Oh God, they’re gonna suck,’ so I understand. My favorite reaction is usually, ‘I came here to see you almost

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Kingsfoil, featuring actor/drummer Frankie Muniz, appears Friday at Narducci’s Cafe. Pictured above from left: Frankie Muniz, Tim Warren, Tristan Martin, Jordan Davis.

as a joke, but you guys are not what I expected.’ They just have to give it a chance because I’ve been playing drums for years. Based on what people have said after our shows, we seem to be winning fans over by letting the music speak for what we do.” Still looking as if he stepped off the set of “Malcolm,” the now 26year-old Muniz says he’s been enjoying his foray into the world of truck stop food and all-night drives to the next gig. No scripts to read — just making music at his own pace, sans the excesses of Hollywood’s late-night party scene. “I never cared about the Hollywood lifestyle. I’m friends with all the child actors, but I see some of the paths they’ve taken. I’ve stopped and tried to figure out why this happens. They just get sucked into the world of Hollywood and all the partying, the drugs, all of that. Once the fame starts to go away a little bit, they need something to fill that void. Doing crazy

things to stay in the spotlight is usually going to turn out bad.” On record, Kingsfoil are a radio-friendly unit with all the timely elements of pop’s lighter melodic side. Production is current, slick, but for an independent release — the band is currently unsigned — quite catchy, with Muniz providing a solid backbeat. “I’m turning 27 in a month, and I’ve never drank, smoked, I’ve never done anything like that. When ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ was over, I moved to Arizona to just have a normal life. It’s hard enough trying to live in Hollywood — going to the grocery store or the movies is a process. Good luck trying to find parking. So I just wanted to do stuff like, know my grocer’s name, my mailman. I got that with leaving. Now I’m doing exactly what I wanna do, which is play music.” Even with a busy music schedule, Muniz hasn’t given up acting. He has a couple of upcoming

Matt Munoz is editor of Bakotopia.com, a sister website of The Californian that devotes itself to promoting Bakersfield’s art scene. Matt’s column appears every Thursday in Eye Street.

appearances on TV, in an episode of the ABC comedy “Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23” and next year’s “Blowing Vegas Off the Map.” “If something comes up and the timing is good, I’ll work on more acting projects, but I’m not actively pursuing anything right now. I’m just enjoying the music and especially enjoying driving through South Dakota this very moment.” Joining Muniz onstage is Jordan Davis, guitar and vocals; Tristan Martin, guitar and keyboards; and Tim Warren, bass. Friday’s showtime is 6 p.m. Admission is $10. Show is all ages. Also appearing: Voxhaul Broadcast, the Burning of Rome, Streetside Vinyl, Cidona. Narducci's Cafe is located at 621 E. 21st St. For more information, visit timgardeapresents.com.

Matt’s pick Masters of Malfunktion at On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 9 tonight. Free. A teaming like this isn’t found in a downtown club very often. Classic rock and jazz fusion with

highly rhythmic technicality and plentiful solos, the Masters of Malfunktion are guaranteed to light a funky fire or two. Featuring the father-and-son duo of Mike and Matt Bhone on bass and drums, along with saxophonist Paul Perez and guitarist Pat O’Connell, this is a rare opportunity to see these local vets together for a one-night stand. Highly recommended. The Architecture, Choirs at Riley’s Backstage, 1523 19th St., 9 p.m., Saturday, $5. Both The Architecture and Choirs have been heralded as two of Bakersfield’s most promising new groups, and with good reason. They have great followings and both produced well-received EPs to devoted fans. But after building up to two packed houses in celebration of their respective releases, they suddenly pulled back with a small number of shows through spring and summer. According to each band’s Facebook updates, it turns out both groups have been writing new material and are eager to share it with local masses this weekend.

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Artist gets $25,000 prize CSUB sculpture professor first to win prestigious award BY CAMILLE GAVIN Contributing writer gavinarts@aol.com

o say that Sarah Vanderlip is thrilled about winning a $25,000 prize for her exhibition now showing at the Cincinnati Art Museum is an understatement. “I’m still about 10 feet off the ground,” said the artist, who teaches sculpture and drawing at Cal State Bakersfield.” In addition to the cash award, it is a significant honor for Vanderlip, 47, who has been a member of the CSUB art faculty for the past 10 years and maintains a studio in the Santa Vanderlip Monica area. “I think it’s exciting that she is the first one to win this award,” said Joyce Kohl, an internationally known sculptor who chairs the university’s art department. Called the Marjorie Schiele Prize, Vanderlip’s award is named for a Cincinnati artist who died in 2008 and left much of her estate to the Ohio art museum to start a triennial competition for emerging artists working in painting and sculpture. In a telephone conversation on Oct. 1, the day after she returned from the presentation in Cincinnati, Vanderlip was eager to give credit to two of her CSUB students, Ken Taylor and Brandon Landers, who helped her with the award-winning work, called “Drawings for Sculptures of Buildings.” “I could not have done this without them,” Vanderlip said of the two senior level students. “They worked with me in the sweaty hot summer, up and down the ladders, and cutting Mylar.” A Cincinnati newspaper described her exhibit as “large in scale, as big as 13-by-7-feet, the five graphite drawings on display are collaged with reflective silver Mylar material to give them a multi-dimensional feel that encourages reflection — literally and figuratively.” Vanderlip said the five pieces in the show are part of a series of 56. Several were shown at the Bakersfield Muse-

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One of the smaller pieces in Sarah Vanderlip’s prize-winning series “Drawings for Sculptures of Buildings.”

um of Art last year and others have been shown at Bergamont Station in Santa Monica. The series was done as a tribute to her late father, Jay Vanderlip, an Ohio native who died in 1994. It is based on hundreds of drawings he did over his 40 years as an architect. “I am an only child and he was major to me,” the artist said. “My personal connection to this is very emotional.” A conceptual rather than a traditional artist, she starts with an idea — the materials and the process for carrying out the idea come later. “Usually where I’m headed is not where I end up,” she said. “My father’s buildings were utilitarian, minimalistic with lots of geometric shapes. Ultimately, I wanted to show that.” Her use of Mylar, a reflective polyester film, is linked to her father’s

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profession. “One thing about the materials I use is you’re looking at something that really isn’t there,” she said. “It’s like my father, he’s around me every day but he’s not there.” Noting that this is the first major cash prize she has received since earning her master of fine arts at the Yale University School of Art in 1991, Vanderlip had these words of encouragement for those who have yet to gain recognition. “One thing I’d like to say to all the young artists out there is to not give up, to just keep trying” she said. “There may be many, many years when you will say to yourself, ‘Why am I doing this?’ “But,” she continued, “you do it because you have to. Art gives you something back and it gives back to the whole world.”

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Lots to go Gaga over at Pride fest Vendors, music, drag queens pull out stops for LGBTQ event BY ASHLEY FISCHER Contributing writer

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For a rollicking, glitzy, Gaga-filled good time, head out to Stramler Park for Kern County’s only annual gay pride event. Hosted by Bakersfield LGBTQ, the ninth annual Bakersfield Pride will once again be held in Stramler Park, providing a day of food, music and entertainment for all. “We have folk singers and we have belly dancers, we have a blues, we have rock, and we have the best darn drag queen show you’ll ever see,” said Whitney Weddell, director of Bakersfield LGBTQ. The little ones will stay occupied with “Kidzone,” an elaborate play area that includes carnival games, prizes, a bounce house and even Bobo the clown. For the adults, there will be up to 40 vendors selling a wide variety of items, local gay and lesbian supportive organizations with informational booths, raffles, and enough musical entertainment to keep attendees dancing throughout the afternoon and well into the evening. “The music is the thing we try to change up the most,” Weddell said. “But we also try to keep people’s old favorites, so the entertainment isn’t completely different.” Returning this year is fan favorite Michelle Weingarden, as well as Rainbow Voices, a local gay chorus. New acts include blues artist Tess O’Hara, and Syster D will be finishing off the musical performances with covers of classic rock staples. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kern County will once again be cooking up hamburgers, hot dogs and Frito boats (or any other creative combination of those three items you wish to try), as well as full tri-tip plates. Beer and soda will be available to wash it all down with. But as the sun sets, the stars come out in full force for the evening’s crowning event: the illustrious drag show, hosted by Valerie Soleil and featuring performances by nine

of Bakersfield’s most stellar entertainers. “Our drag queens are very serious queens, and they do an extraordinary job of putting on the show,” said Weddell. “These are really talented people, and they’re all in really amazing character. You might see Madonna, you might see Lady Gaga, you might see any of those iconic female performers — Marilyn Monroe, Cher, Nicki Minaj; you just never know.” Speaking of Lady Gaga, this year’s chosen theme of “Born This Way” is lifted directly from the lyrics of Gaga’s anthemic hit, so Weddell advised that guests can expect to hear the song played more than a few times during the course of the day. Weddell, who said the event continues to grow in size and scale, expects about 1,000 attendees Saturday. Bakersfield Pride raises somewhere in the area of $5,000 to $8,000 each year, and all of the proceeds go directly to support the organization’s mission of providing advocacy, information and support to Kern County’s LGBTQ community. “I think if you’re already out, if you’re already somebody who’s comfortable at home, Bakersfield Pride is a wonderful day to come out and enjoy the company of others,” she said. “If you’re someone who’s not as out, it really gives people an opportunity to come out and network and socialize. At our core, what we’re hoping to provide for people is the opportunity to connect. “If people are dealing with family difficulties at home, and you need to know who to call, where to get information, and where to get help, we really want to be a provider of that.”

FAIRE: Continued from 21 advantage of the early bird deal — pay $15 for entrance two hours before the general public — to snap up goods. “It’s a small percentage (of overall attendees), but it’s a very loyal group. They tend to be the ones at estate sales. It’s kind of interesting.” If it sounds like too much to take in in one day, the $10 admission covers attendance for Saturday and Sunday with a hand stamp. (“Be careful washing your hands!” Bianchi warned.) “When you go to the Pasadena Rose Bowl. They have an antique section, a craft section and more. If it works for them so well, why wouldn’t it work for us here? It’s a formula that works.” The local formula also includes live music

— jazz from Doug Davis and Friends — and food vendors — nine to 10, including Los Hermanos, Goose Loonies, Ben & Jerry’s, hot dogs, shaved ice, funnel cakes and pit beef from the Rosedale Lions Club. Of course, being Bakersfield, this event is about more than just dining and deals. The faire has partnered again for its Coats for Kids drive. Bring a new or gently used children’s coat for $5 off admission. “Last year we were hoping to get 100 jackets and we got 500 jackets. ... I don’t want to speculate (for this year) but I think because people are now familiar with it, we may bring in more.” With so many reasons to check out this year’s event, Bianchi couldn’t help but add a few final incentives. “There’s an ATM machine out there and free parking.”

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Music programs lose key educators Couple have been instrumental with BC, CSUB choral students BY SUSAN SCAFFIDI Contributing writer

Two of Bakersfield’s leading artistic directors are taking a final bow this year. Ron Kean, director of choral studies at Bakersfield College, and Peggy Sears, director of the Opera Workshop and voice studio at CSUB, are both retiring at the end of the academic year. This was a joint decision for Kean and Sears, who are married. “Peggy and I are going on an adventure,” Kean said. “I felt it was time,” Sears said. This marks Kean’s 30th year as a choral director, with 19 of them spent at BC. Before that, Kean taught at Porterville College for seven years and started his career with four years teaching high school choir in Southern California. Sears marks 39 years of full- and part-time teaching, including 19 years at CSUB and seven years at Porterville College. Kean said he gave official notification to BC at the end of September. Sears has not given official notice — she said because she is a lecturer, and not tenured faculty, she follows a different process — but she has made it clear she this is her final year. “(CSUB administrators) know that I’m winding down because I’m already down to a 70 percent load this year,” Sears said. Kean said he had been contemplating the move for a while, and without having already made the decision, prepared for his retirement. “Essentially, last May I spent a good solid two weeks planning this year’s music as if it were going to be my last year,” Kean said. Sears looks back on her career with a great deal of satisfaction. “I think I have had a super group of graduates the last few years,” Sears said. “I’m really proud of them. “I’m especially proud we were able to do (Benjamin Britten’s opera) ‘Albert Herring’ with a cast of all of my students,” Sears said. Sears also is proud of productions of “Carmen” and “The Magic Flute” mounted in Porterville, both with local talent. “They were wonderful experiences because we were in a place that was so supportive of anything local, so they

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This year marks Ron Kean’s 30th as a choral director. His wife, Peggy Sears, has spent 19 years at CSUB, where she directs the Opera Workshop. were really special,” Sears said. While Kean and Sears have had separate careers, they have collaborated many times. Kean conducted the performances of “Albert Herring” for Sears, and they worked together on a production of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at BC. Sears has coached BC choir students in diction and vocal technique, and the pair have worked together as church musicians. As for the future, Sears does not rule out part-time teaching. There is the possibility of travel, and of even relocating, as the pair have family and friends not only in Bakersfield but also on the Central Coast and in the Los Angeles area.

One area where the future is not only uncertain, but a cause for concern, is the future of their respective music programs when they leave. Kean said he doesn’t know what will happen to the choral program, especially in an era of budget cutting. “The college is planning cuts of faculty, possibly programs,” Kean said. “I just hope and pray for the best, especially since the choral program is the only full-time performance program on campus.” Department chairman John Gerhold said faculty chairs and directors will draft their priority list for new and replacement faculty on Oct. 19, but also pointed to the November election and the state’s various tax measures as critical to the ultimate future of the choral program and many other programs on campus. “I am sure that the Prop. 30 vote will have a big impact on the outcome as well, as a ‘no’ vote will mean that very few retirements will be replaced,” Gerhold wrote in an email. “So although I have requested a replacement for Ron’s position using the correct form, a definitive answer as to whether the position will be replaced may not come for months — perhaps even as late as next spring.” Gerhold said that hiring decisions — with money as a primary consideration —often take as late as the summer to be made because funding levels, including the state Legislature’s approval of a new budget, aren’t usually known until then. “I can tell you that it would be impossible for the choral program to succeed at the level it currently enjoys under Ron’s direction without the leadership of a full-time faculty member,” Gerhold stated. “There's simply too much that needs to be done (and done well) to expect an adjunct to do it on an adjunct salary.” Interim BC president Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg wrote in a separate email that she agreed with Gerhold’s assessment of the hiring process, but did not make any comments about what the college’s wishes are regarding a replacement. “Of course one could argue that Ron is irreplaceable,” Heitzeberg wrote. “In addition to his many talents he has been passionate about developing a high-caliber choral program. That is quite a feat year after year.” Because Sears has not given official notice, CSUB department chair Robert Provencio said he couldn’t comment. “I know things look really bleak, but I can’t believe that either school is willing to give up a music program,” Sears said.

BC launches new choral season with patriotic flair BY SUSAN SCAFFIDI Contributing writer

Judging by the quality of the music, it looks like Bakersfield College choral director Ron Kean is trying to have a season to end all seasons. And that’s because he is. Kean officially filed his intent to retire with the college at the end of September, and has embarked on a year of performances that include the musical works he cherishes most. “Everything I’m programming this year is either music I’ve been waiting to do but couldn’t because I didn’t have the voices — and now I do — or music I’ve done that’s very special to me and I want to do again,” Kean said. The BC Choir and Chamber Singers begin their season on Friday at St. John’s Lutheran Church singing a program with the theme of “America, the Beautiful.” “It’s essentially an uplifting concert of what it means to be an American,” Kean said.

Bakersfield College Choir Concert ‘America, the Beautiful’ When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: St. John’s Lutheran Church, 4500 Buena Vista Road Admission: $10; $5 students, seniors, BC staff, military. Available at the door.

“It’s about both building my program as an American, and also the building of America.” Anchoring the program are Benjamin Britten’s great cantata, “Hymn to St. Cecilia,” a setting of a poem by fellow Englishman W. H. Auden. St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music, and her feast day is Nov. 22, which is also Britten’s birthday. Despite the English pedigree, “Hymn to St. Cecilia” has its roots in the United States: Auden had become a U.S. citizen and wrote the poem for Britten while the pair were living in New York City. Soloists for this piece

include sopranos Allyson Brito and Amanda Locke, alto Jill Burdick, tenor Ken Burdick and bass Matthew Guenther. The Burdicks are the featured soloists for “Make Our Garden Grow,” the closing song from Leonard Bernstein’s operetta, “Candide.” Also on the program is a rousing arrangement of “America” and “The Promise of Living,” the finale to Aaron Copland’s opera “The Tender Land,” which visits a day in the life of a 1930s Midwestern farm family as they celebrate both the spring harvest and high school graduation. “It’s the promise of living in this country,” Kean said. Heavily featured are songs from the African-American tradition, including settings of “Precious Lord, Take My Hand,” “Ezekiel Saw the Wheel,” “Cum Ba Yah.” “I try to include as much diversity of what it means to be an American as possible,” Kean said. “There are so many cultures I am not representing at this concert, but will be well-

represented at our annual world music concert.” In addition to the world music concert, other big events for the year include a performance of his “American Mass” in its entirety, something Kean has done only once before, although past BC choirs have performed movements from it as they were completed. The most notable event in the calendar is a concert at Carnegie Hall in March, where the BC singers will perform works by Eric Whitacre, under the direction of the composer, who has been a friend of Kean’s for about 20 years. “I have been a tremendous champion of his music, and he of mine,” Kean said. “This is a very special thing for us to do.” Pianists Liz Cervantes and Mary Bellah will accompany the choir. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission; $5 for students, seniors, BC staff and military. Proceeds from all choir events this year will go to pay the cost of the Carnegie Hall trip.

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The committee organizing the first-ever Kern County Nut Festival is accepting applications for vendor booths. The festival, scheduled for June 14-15, “will be a culinary celebration featuring Kern’s top nuts – almonds, pistachios and walnuts.” From the media release: Local businesses and groups are invited to participate by selling a food product or merchandise, hosting an exhibition or managing a “nutty” activity. Businesses and groups involved can earn revenue from participation in the festival. Festival organizers estimate there will be at least 6,000 attendees. “We see this as a way to focus on the culinary appeal of nuts and we believe there are local chefs and cooks from the forprofit and nonprofit sectors who will come up with some amazing dishes, just as they do at other big festivals in the state like the Gilroy Garlic Festival,” said Beth Pandol, co-chair of the Kern County Nut Festival. “Or, these groups and businesses can operate a fun game or activity, sell a product or just be an exhibitor.” Applications, rules, and other information are on the Kern County Museum’s website at www.kcmuseum.org. Click on the “Kern County Nut Festival” button. The applications are

available under the “Participation” button. There are several ways local groups and businesses can participate, including: Sell a food product that includes almonds, pistachios or walnuts or a by-product of these nuts such as almond oil or walnut butter. (No peanuts allowed). Festival organizers are placing strong emphasis on unique foods that will become signature dishes for the event. Create or run a “nutty” adult or kid activity. The festival has some suggestions for these activities or groups may create their own. Some ideas include a nut toss, nutty arts and crafts booth and nut cracking contest. Sell merchandise. Emphasis will be on “nutty” items or items with a nut theme but other items such as jewelry, arts, crafts and decorative items will also be allowed. Host an exhibit or booth that provides information about your group. Informational exhibits should correlate to the nut theme of the festival. For more information about the Kern County Nut Festival contact: Beth Pandol, bpandol@gmail.com or Sheryl Barbich, Sheryl@barbich.com or call the Kern County Museum at 661-868-8400.

TRADE: Continued from page 25 “We are hoping if we can do really well here it might impress other cities (into picking up the film),” Schmidt said. “Trade of Innocents” began with the Bolthouse family’s trip to Cambodia in 2007 on a medical mission. Laurie Bolthouse and the couple’s three daughters met a rescue worker and some children who had escaped their slavery, heard their story, and were deeply disturbed by what they learned. They wanted to do something about it. “They came away from (that meeting) with a really angry prayer: ‘God, why do you let things like that happen in our world?’” Bill Bolthouse said. Not long after, Laurie Bolthouse was contacted by filmmaker Christopher Bessette, with whom the Bolthouses had already worked. He was looking for help in making a film about human trafficking. Eventually getting financing from Valley Republic Bank, the next step was casting. The par-

ticipation of Sorvino, a humanrights activist an Oscar winner, raised the profile of the project, and the project really took off with the casting of Tran. The most difficult task was finding a Thai schoolgirl who could play the role of Amy, who is supposed to speak American English. He said at the last minute they found Thawanrat Tantituvanont, a captivating child with a natural talent. As challenging as making the film was, the biggest hurdle has been getting it into theaters. Monterey Media, a small company Schmidt described as a “boutique distributor,” eventually took on the project. “Major distributors turned me down flat,” Schmidt said. “They weren’t interested in the issue.” Bolthouse and Schmidt both noted that markets are playing it safe, waiting to see how well the film does in cities that have picked it up. Schmidt said he is grateful to Maya Cinemas for showing the film. “They wanted some assurance

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of questions into the issues of human trafficking,” Gazely said. Gazely said the definition of “human trafficking” extends beyond the sex trade — it’s any use of a human being for the purposes of forced labor. “You can find (slaves) anywhere,” said Bill Bolthouse. “Where labor is cheap and people can get workers — mostly immigrants — where they lock them up and just put them away.” The film’s website includes links to two other sites, one that provides statistics, information and tickets for events such as this weekend’s sympo-

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sium, and another that connects to Justice-Generation.com, an advocacy site that includes various organizations that work together to fight slavery. Gazley said the organizations are critical to winning the battle. “We really can’t end the tragedy and the horror of this without working together,” Gazley said. Gazley said a good part of the symposium will deal with “practical matters” — law enforcement, medical services and victims’ services. “We’ve actually formed a coalition (in Kern County),” Gazley said. “It’s basically just a group of organizations that are concerned about human trafficking.”

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Eye Street Go & Do Today CSUB Athletics Fall BBQ, 5:30 to 10 p.m., CSUB, 9001 Stockdale Highway. $30. gorunners.com or 6543473. Bakersfield Rescue Mission’s 60th Anniversary, banquet with keynote speaker Ryan Dobson, musical guest Shawn McDonald, hear testimonies, 6 to 9 p.m., Valley Bible Fellowship, 2300 E. Brundage Lane. $35. brmtickets.com or 325-0863. Bellydance Superstars present “The Magic of Dance,” 7:30 p.m., Nile Theater, 1721 19th St. $32; $28 students, seniors or group of 10. 323-8575. Friends of the Kern County Library Used Book Sale, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday (half-price day Saturday), Beale Memorial Library, 701 Truxtun Ave. kerncountylibrary.org or call 868-0796. Hillcrest Memorial Park Community Mixer, celebrate 50 years of service to Bakersfield and surrounding communities, come reflect on some of the area’s most important history, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Hillcrest Memorial Park, 9101 Kern Canyon Road. Free. Hillcrestmemorial.com or 366-5766. Latina Panel Discussion, “Latina Leaders Success Stories: Why This is Now the Norm,” part of One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern series, with local leaders Olivia Garcia, Irma Cervantes, Ida Tagliente and Maria Mercado, 6 p.m., Russo’s, 9000 Ming Ave. 665-1643. Red Cross New Volunteer Orientation, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., American Red Cross, Kern Chapter, 5035 Gilmore Ave. 324-6427. Talladega Frights Scream Park, 7 p.m. today through Sunday, 11811 Rosedale Highway, between Jewetta Ave. and Old Farm Road. $15 to $25. talladegafrights.com or facebook.com/TalladegaFrights. Bingo, warm ups start at 5 p.m., with early birds at 6 p.m., regular games at 6:30 p.m., Volunteer Center of Kern County, 2801 F St. From $20 buy-in to “the works.” 395-9787.

Friday “Trade of Innocents” Movie, 1 p.m., Maya Cinemas, 1000 California Ave. $9.50. Visit facebook.com/TradeofInno-

cents or 636-0484. 8th annual “Tee It Up” Golf Tournament, presented by Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; shotgun at noon, Bakersfield Country Club, 4200 Country Club Drive. $150 per person; $600 for a team of four. 633-5495. CSUB Guitar Arts Presents Colin McAllister, 7:30 p.m., CSUB, Music Building, Room 127, 9001 Stockdale Highway. $12 general; $8 seniors; $5 students. 654-2511. FLICS International Cinema Society, presents “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” 7:30 p.m., Bakersfield Fox Theater, 2001 H St. $5. flics.org or call 428-0354. Night at the Museum, a haunted museum night, creep through the halls on a flashlight guided tour, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, 2018 Chester Ave. $7 adults; $5 students w/ID. 324-6350. Third annual Bakersfield Rescue “Mission Cup,” registration 7 a.m., shotgun 8:30 a.m., Rio Bravo Country Club, 15200 Casa Club Dr. $125, includes lunch and awards. 325-0863.

Saturday Katt Williams, 8 p.m., Rabobank Arena, 1001 Truxtun Ave. $46.50 to $75 plus fee. ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. “Earthquakes in Kern County,” with geologist Tim Elam, 3 to 4 p.m., Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, 2018 Chester Ave. $7 adults; $5 students w/ID; members free. 324-6350. 13th annual Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Golden State Mall, 3201 F St. Free. Visit bakersfieldcactus.org. 14th annual Via Arté Painting Festival, Saturday and Sunday, The Marketplace, 9000 Ming Ave. Free. 323-7219. 19th annual Old Time Peddler’s Faire, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave. $15 early bird; $10 (good for both days), children under 10 are free w/paid adult. oldtimepeddlersfaire.com or 496-3962. 2012 Fall Classic Guns & Hoses Boxing Event, first bout at 7 p.m., The Dome, 2201 V St. $15 general; $18 balcony; $20 ringside; $25

VIP. Benefits KC Firefighters Burn Survivors Trust, and KC Sheriff Activities League. Bakersfieldfalconsfootball.c om. Animal Rescue Rummage Sale & Adoption Event, hosted by A SafeFurr Place Animal Rescue; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 6018 Norris Road (across from Fruitvale/Norris Park). Free. Proceeds benefit local rescue animals. Visit facebook.com/ASafeFurrPlace. Aspiranet “Murder Mystery” Fundraiser, ’50s diner sock hop theme, food, dancing, drinks, 6 p.m., The Courtyard, Aspiranet, 1001 Tower Way. $35; $60 per couple. All proceeds benefit local foster children. Visit aspiranet.org/murdermystery or 323-1233. Bakersfield Art Association Meeting, guest speaker Charlotte White discussing art trading cards, 9 a.m. to noon, Bakersfield Art Association Art Center, 1817 Eye St. Free. 869-2320. Bakersfield LGBTQ Gay Pride Festival, 3 to 9 p.m., Stramler Park, 3805 Chester Ave. $10. Visit bakersfieldpride.org. Belle of the Bullies Pageant, a fundraiser to promote the spay/neuter of pit bulls; music by John Shipe, doors open at 7 p.m., Amestoy’s on the Hill, 2303 River Blvd. $10 cover charge. Visit facebook.com/VIPBenefitEvent/339235266167772. Cat Adoptions, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointments, Petco, 8220 Rosedale Highway. $65 includes spay/neuter, vaccines and leukemia testing. 327-4706. Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to noon, next to Golden State Mall, 3201 F St.; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Brimhall Square, 9500 Brimhall Road; and Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, and 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, one block west on Hageman Road (Allen and Hageman Roads). Democratic Women of Kern, breakfast meeting, 9 a.m., Garden Spot, 3320 Truxtun Ave. $5. 322-7411. Elks Lodge Family Picnic, raffle prizes, games, entertainment, noon to 6 p.m., Noble Park, 700 South P St. $15 advance; $17 at the gate. 323-7537. Free Electronic Waste Recycling Event, bring unwanted electronic items, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bakersfield High School, Harvey Auditorium parking lot, 1241 G St. Please turn to 32

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Eye Street Continued from 31 Free. Email nlagness@yahoo.com or 873-4011. Good Neighbor Festival, honoring Hidden Heroes with live entertainment, games and prizes, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 1000 S. Owens St. Free. 322-9874. Lantern Light Tour & Ghost Hunt, 8 to 10 p.m., Silver City Ghost Town, 3829 Lake Isabella Boulevard, Bodfish. $12 per person of all ages. 760-379-5146. National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk, check in 7:30 a.m., begins 9 a.m., The Park at River Walk, 11200 Stockdale Highway. Free. Visit namikerncounty.org or email namikernpatrice@gmail.com. October Fun Fest, activities for children, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 12:30 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Murray Family Farms, 6700 General Beale Road. $6.99 all ages; Saturday and Sunday, $10.99. Children 3 years & under free. 330-0100. Poetas de Cultura, with musician and story teller Martin Espino, part of the One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern series, 10:30 a.m., Ridgecrest Branch Library, 131 E. Las Flores Ave., Ridgecrest. 760-384-5870. Taft Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic, registration 6 a.m., shotgun 7:30 a.m., Buena Vista Golf Course, 10256 Golf Course Road. $150 per player, includes green fees, cart, drinks, lunch. 765-2165. Tree Foundation of Kern Class Series, on “Citizen Forester,” 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, also Nov. 17, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12. Free. Visit treeinfo@urbanforest.org or 325-6650. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10859, Rosedale & Ladies Auxiliary, 9:30 a.m., Norris Road Veterans Hall, 400 Norris Road. 5885865. Yokuts Park Fun Run, 7 a.m., Yokuts Park, Empire Drive off Truxtun Avenue. Free. bakersfieldtrackclub.com or 203-4196 or 3917080.

Sunday 20th anniversary “Give Me a Home” Dinner & Auction, hear stories from Romania and India of abandoned and abused children being led to safety, dignity and love, 5 p.m., Olive Knolls Church, 6201 Fruitvale Ave. $30. 4440716. Bakersfield Raider Nation Club, come out and watch the games, 10 a.m., Round Table Pizza, 2060 White Lane. Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kaiser Permanente, 8800 Ming Ave. 877-524-7373. Fifth annual Absolut Bloody Mary Contest; awards will be given for best overall, second place, amateur and fan favorite, music by Blonde Faith, The Aviators, noon to 5 p.m., The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall Road. Free to

attend but samples made by contestants are $3 each. 831-1413. Guelaguetza 2012 Cultural Festival, celebrating Oaxacan indigenous culture, part of One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern series, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., CSUB Amphitheatre, 9001 Stockdale Highway. $7; free for children under 12 and parking. 778-9159. Los Temerarios, 8 p.m., Eagle Mountain Casino, 681 S. Tule Reservation Road, Porterville. $25 general; $35 reserved. Visit eaglemtncasino.com or 559-7886220. Season Opener with Condors vs. Las Vegas Wranglers, first 2,000 youth fans 12 and under will receive a Kings pennant. 5 p.m., Rabobank Arena, 1001 Truxtun Ave. $9-$27. Tickets: Rabobank box office, bakersfieldcondors.com or 324-7825.

THEATER “Gorey Stories” Play, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, The Empty Space, 706 Oak St. $15 general; $10 students/seniors. 327-PLAY. “Shout, The Mod Musical,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Stars Dinner Theatre, 1931 Chester Ave. $22-$57. 325-6100. “Space Trek,” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Gaslight Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall, 12748 Jomani Drive. $12 to $23. 587-3377. Improv Comedy Show, with Center For Improv Advancement, 8 p.m. Fridays, JC’s Place, 1901 Chester Ave. $5. 322-8209. Kern Shakespeare Festival, featuring “Much Ado About Nothing,” 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; and “Romeo & Juliet,” 8 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, Bakersfield College, Renegade Park, 1801 Panorama Drive. $5. 859-8395. Omnipresent Puppet Theater’s “Hansel and Gretel,” 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Gaslight Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall, 12748 Jomani Drive. $6. 587-3377.

ART “Out of the Ashes” Art Gallery event, live music, entertainment, art booths, poetry, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, The Empty Space, 706 Oak St. $5. 327-PLAY. Art Classes, in drawing, watercolor, oils, color theory, for beginners and advanced, Bakersfield Art Association Art Center, 1817 Eye St. 869-2320. Art for Healing program, classes that alleviate stress, resulting from illness, or grief. All classes are free but some suggest a donation and are held at Mercy Hospital, Truxtun Campus, Truxtun and A St. Visit mercybaakersfield.org/art or to register, 632-5357. Bakersfield Art Association Meeting, guest speaker Charlotte White discussing art trading cards, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,

Bakersfield Art Association Art Center, 1817 Eye St. Free. 8692320. Call to Artists for “Chairs & Stools” Exhibit, submission deadline is October 22, $15 entry fee for Bakersfield Art Association members; $20 nonmembers. 8692320. Call to Artists: “Windows on Mango Street,” find an old antique window and paint, with no specific theme, on the backside of the window glass, transforming it into a hanging piece of art, submissions due between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 21. Email Jfidel@rocketmail.com or 703-8666. Exhibits on Display, “Out of Print: Altered Books,” “Christopher Stott: New Realism,” and “Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio,” now until Nov. 25, Bakersfield Museum of Art, 1930 R St. bmoa.org or 323-7219. Stained Glass Classes, six-week class, 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays, Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, 501 18th St. 327-7507. The Art Shop Club, a quiet place to paint, 9 a.m. to noon each Thursday, Friday and Saturday, The Art Shop, 1221 20th St. All mediums. New members and guests welcome. Visit facebook.com/pages/art-shopclub or 322-0544, 832-8845. Yuriko Tomita, featured artist for the month of October, Dagny’s Coffee Co., 1600 20th St. 6340806.

MUSIC 80s dance party B. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill, 7401 White Lane, 397-7304; Members Only, 9 p.m. Friday.

Acoustic Fiddlers Crossing, 206 E. F St., Tehachapi, 823-9994; Sarah McQuaid, 7 p.m. Tuesday. $15.

Blues Kern River Blues Society Jam, 2 to 8 p.m. every second Saturday, Trout’s, 805 N. Chester Ave. 8727517. The Bistro, 5105 California Ave., 323-3905; A Black Sunday, 4 to 7 p.m. Friday. Trout’s, 805 N. Chester Ave. 8727517, Kern River Blues Society Jam, 2 to 8 p.m. every second Saturday.

Classic rock Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge, 3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; Usual Suspects, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. T-Bones Ranch House, 8020 District Blvd. 398-1300: Elevation 406, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday.

Comedy Elevation Lounge, 818 Real Road, 325-6864; Improv Tuesday Live comedy with DJ after party, 9 p.m. Tuesdays.

Country Buck Owens Crystal Palace, 2800 Buck Owens Blvd., 3287560; Buddy Alan Owens & the Buckaroos, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 Alfred Harrell Highway, 873-7613; Road Dawgs, 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday; The Bluetooth Cowboys, 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 3228900; Vince Galindo, 9 p.m. Wednesdays.

Dancing Beginner Belly Dance Lessons, 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Mondays, Centre Stage Studio, 1710 Chester Ave. 323-5215. $45 regular session; $65 combo session. bakersfieldbellydance.biz. Folklorico Classes, advance dancers/performing group 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays; and beginners, all ages, 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays, Fruitvale-Norris Park, 6221 Norris Road. $22 per month for beginners; $25 per month for advance dancers. 833-8790. Greenacres Community Center, 2014 Calloway Dr., offers ballroom dance, East Coast swing (jitterbug) and Argentine Tango dance classes; $35, $45 for nonmembers. 322-5765 or 201-2105. Joaquin Squares, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Rasmussen Center, 115 E. Roberts Lane. $5. 324-1390, 325-3086 or 399-3658. Mavericks Singles, with music by Country George, 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Kern City Town Hall, 1003 Pebble Beach Drive. $7 member; $9 guest. 831-9241. Pairs and Spares Dance, with Jerri Arnold and Ed Shelton, 7 p.m. Friday, Rasmussen Senior Center, 115 E. Roberts Lane. $7; $9 nonmembers. 399-3575.

DJ Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge, 3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; DJ Brian, 7 to 11 p.m. Tuesday. DoubleTree Hotel, Club Odyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio Court. 323-7111; live in the mix: old school, ’80s and ’90s music, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. every Saturday. Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White Lane, 834-1611; with DJ Chill in the Mixx, 5 p.m. every Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday. Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737 Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749; DJ James, 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. Free. The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, at Hotel Rosedale, 2400 Camino Del Rio Court, 327-0681; with Meg, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Jazz Cafe Med, 4809 Stockdale Highway., 834-4433; Richie Perez, 7:30 to 11 p.m. Thursdays. Imbibe Wine & Spirits Merchant, 4140 Truxtun Ave., 633WINE; live music & wine bar with featuring local artist and Jazz Con-

nection, along with 24 wines, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. King Tut, 10606 Hageman Road; live instrumental and vocal jazz, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Friday and Saturday. Free. Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White Lane, 834-1611; Bakersfield Jazz Workshop, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Que Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701 Ming Ave., 832-5011; Jazz Invasion, 9 to 10 p.m. every Saturday. The Nile, Jazz Music, 6 p.m. every Sunday. Cost $10 at 1721 19th St. 364-2620.

Karaoke Banacek’s Lounge, 4601 State Road, 387-9224; 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays. Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge, 3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays and Sundays. Big Daddy Pizza, 6417 Ming Ave., 396-7499; 7 to 10 p.m. every Tuesday; 8 to 11 p.m. every Friday. Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 4200 New Stine Road, 397-5000; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 6111 Niles St., 363-7200; 6:15 to 10:15 p.m. Tuesdays. Chateau Lounge, 2100 S. Chester Ave., 835-1550; 9 p.m. every Saturday. City Slickers, 1001 W. Tehachapi Blvd., 822-4939; 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Corona’s Cantina, 9817 S. Union Ave., 345-8463; 7 to 10 p.m. Fridays. Don Perico Restaurant, 2660 Oswell St., Suite 133, 871-2001; 7 to 11 p.m. Thursdays. DoubleTree Hotel, Club Odyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio Court; 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesdays. Elevation Lounge, 818 Real Road, 325-6864; 9 p.m. Wednesday. Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 Alfred Harrell Highway, 873-7613; 6 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday. Iron Horse Saloon, 1821 S. Chester Ave., 831-1315; 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays. Julie’s The Branding Iron Saloon, 1807 N. Chester Ave., 6 to 10 p.m. every Friday. Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White Lane, 834-1611; A to Z Karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesdays. Lone Oak Inn, 8 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at 10612 Rosedale Highway. 589-0412. Magoo’s Pizza, 1129 Olive Drive, 399-7800; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Maria Bonita Mexican Restaurant, 10701 Highway 178, 3663261, 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays. All ages. McMurphy’s Irish Pub & Sports Bar, 14 Monterey St., 869Please turn to 33

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Eye Street Continued from 32 1451; 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays. Pizzeria, 4200 Gosford Road, 397-1111; 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays. Pour House, 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 4041 Fruitvale Ave. 589-9300. Pyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner, 323-0053; 8 p.m. to midnight Saturdays. Replay Sports Lounge & Grill, 4500 Buck Owens Blvd., 3243300; 8 p.m. every Wednesday. Rocket Shop Cafe, 2000 S. Union Ave., 832-4800; 8:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737 Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749; 8 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays. Rocky’s Pizza & Arcade, 2858 Niles St., 873-1900; 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Round Table Pizza, 2060 White Lane, 836-2700; 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Round Table Pizza, 2620 Buck Owens Blvd., 327-9651; The Junction with host Mac Clanahan, 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Round Table Pizza, 4200 Gosford Road, 397-1111; 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Rusty’s Pizza, 5430 Olive Drive, 392-1482; 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday. Sports & Spirits, 6633 Ming Ave., 398-7077; 9 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. Syndicate Lounge, 1818 Eye St., 327-0070; with Alisa Spencer, 9 p.m. every Wednesday. T-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 District Blvd., 398-1300; 7:30 to 11

p.m. Thursdays. Tejon Club, 6 to 10 p.m. every Saturday at 117 El Tejon Ave. 3921747. The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, at Hotel Rosedale, 2400 Camino Del Rio Court, 327-0681; 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Junction Lounge, 2620 Buck Owens Blvd., 327-9651; 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The Old River Monte Carlo, 9750 Taft Highway, 837-0250; 8:30 p.m. every Thursday. The Playhouse, 2915 Taft Highway; 397-3599; 7 to 10 p.m. Sundays. The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall Road, 831-1413; hosted by Ed Loverr, 9 p.m. to midnight Friday. The Wrecking Yard, 9817 S. Union Ave., 827-9192; 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays. The Wright Place, 2695-G Mount Vernon Ave., 872-8831, 8 p.m. every Thursday. Tomi’s Cowgirl Cafe, 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, 1440 Weedpatch Highway. 363-5102. Trouts & The Blackboard Stages, 805 N. Chester Ave., 3996700; 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Vinny’s Bar & Grill, 2700 S. Union Ave., 496-2502, 7 p.m. Thursdays. 21 and over.

Latin/Salsa DoubleTree Hotel, Club Odyssey, Club Odyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio Court, 633-1949; various levels, 3 to 9 p.m. every Sunday. $5 per person, per lesson.

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Music showcase The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall Road, 831-1413; featuring local artists, 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday.

Fight Night, music by Dub Seeds, Amity Flow, and Seedless, 6 p.m. Saturday. $10. Narducci’s Cafe, 622 E. 21 St., 324-2961; Voxhaul Broadcast, The Burning of Rome, Kingfoil, Streetside Vinyl, 7 p.m. Friday, $10; Koffin Kats, Silver Shine, 7 p.m. Tuesday. $10.

Oldies KC Steakhouse, 2515 F St., 3229910; Jimmy Gaines, Bobby O and Mike Halls, 6:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. T-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 District Blvd., 398-1300; Bad Ole Boyz, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Old school Que Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701 Ming Ave., 832-5011; Al Garcia & the Rhythm Kings, 8 to 11 p.m. every Thursday. Tam O’Shanter, 2345 Alta Vista, 324-6774; Elements, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $5 per night.

Open Mic

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737 Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749; live bands, 9 p.m. every Thursday.

Soft rock Steak and Grape, 4420 Coffee Road, 588-9463; 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Free.

Trivia night Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge, 3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 7 p.m. Tuesdays. On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 3277625; 8 to 10 p.m. Monday. Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 3228900; Trivia Night with Dave Rezac, 10 p.m. Tuesdays. Chuy’s, 2500 New Stine Road, 833-3469; 7 p.m. every Tuesday.

Fiddlers Crossing, 206 East F St., Tehachapi, 823-9994; 7 p.m. Wednesdays. $5. Juliana’s Art Cafe, listen to local performing artists, guitar and saxophone players, 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays, 501 18th St. 327-7507. Free. On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 3277625; musicians, spoken word, poets, comedians, 8 p.m. every Wednesday, On the Rocks, 1517 18th St. Free.

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Eminent Speaker Program, featuring author Sonia Nazario of “Enrique’s Journey,” will discuss

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Golden State Mall, 3201 F St., 872-2037, Joe Loco Duet, 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays. La Mina Cantina & Grill, 1300 Coffee Road, 587-8777; Mike Montano, 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday.

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“Language & Politics” Lecture, with professor emeritus Gerald Haslam discussing stereotypes, two-valued orientations, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Norman Levan Center for the Humanities, 1801 Panorama Drive. Free admission and free parking. 395-4339. United States Air Force Concert Band, 7:30 p.m., Bakersfield High School, in Harvey Auditorium, 1241 G St. Free, tickets available at BHS JROTC or The Bakersfield Californian, 1707 Eye St. Visit www.usafband.af.mil. Women’s Basic Self-Defense Seminar, for ages 12 and up, registration 6 to 6:30 p.m., seminar from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Kim SooKarate, 1649 Elzworth St. Free. 342-9758.

Wednesday 10/17 “The Imposter” Indie Film Fest, 7 p.m., Maya Cinemas, 1000 California Ave. $6. 636-0484. Association of Petroleum Wives Gala Dinner, and fashion show, 6 p.m., Stockdale Country Club, 7001 Stockdale Highway. $40. apwbakersfield@ymail.com. Reservations by Oct. 12. Kern Photography Association, all skill levels welcome, 6 to 8 p.m., Henley’s Photo, 2000 H St. kernphotographyassociation.com or 496-3723. League of Women Voters Meeting, with guest superintendent Dr. Robert Arias of Bakersfield City School District, 5:45 p.m., The Petroleum Club, 5060 California Ave. $25. 634-3773.

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Prime Rib Tuesdays 10 oz. Prime Rib $19.50 Starting Oct. 1, 2012 8 oz. Prime Rib Sandwich $14.50 Seafood Wednesdays Seafood Plate $13.95 Blackened Swordfish $11.95 New York Steak Thursday 10 oz. New York Steak $12.95 8 oz. New York Steak Sandwich $10.95 Lamb Feast Friday Lambchops $18.50 Roast Lamb Sandwich $13.50 Build Your Burger Saturday 6 oz. Beef Burger $7.95 8 oz. Lamb Burger $9.95 Three sides with your entrée. • Bread & Salsa • Beans • Soup • Hot Vegetables • Salad • French Fries • Spaghetti

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