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Eye Street Editor Jennifer Self | Phone 395-7434 | e-mail jself@bakersfield.com

Index This Week’s Obsessions .......................... 20 Pine Mountain Fall Festival ...................... 21 Talladega Frights ...................................... 22 Arts Alive .................................................. 23 The Lowdown with Matt Munoz ............ 24 Caliente Team Penning ............................ 25 Ticket Roundup ...................................... 26 Calendar .............................................. 29-31

Ready for party of the year?

Annual Village Fest returns with more goodies, new twists

BY STEFANI DIAS Californian assistant lifestyles editor sdias@bakersfield.com

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fter 18 years, Village Fest is a by-the-numbers event: 39 restaurants, more than 60 breweries (and a couple of dozen wineries), 17 bands, 500 volunteers, 16 acres and status as the No. 1 party of the year.

That’s according to Village Fest co-founder Ralph Fruguglietti, who struggled to describe the event — scheduled for Sept. 7 at the Kern County Museum — beyond its marketing-friendly title as “party of the year.”

“The ‘party of the year’ describes what we do. ... We keep trying to evolve it so it’s not always the same event. The Cal State barbecue, it’s the same type of thing — an opportunity to get together with friends. It’s (Village Fest) that, but with the way that it evolves, we just keep adding to it.”

Among those additions is a craft brew area, part of newly expanded La Cantina Ville — one of five lands in Village Fest — which is set in the museum’s Burke Memorial Plaza. The new area hearkens back to the event’s roots. “(When) Rick Peace and I started it 18 years ago, it was more of a classic beer festival. Most of the beer festivals at the time were specialty microbrew beers being showcased.”

Since a microbrew is defined by the number of barrels produced annually (under 15,000), the focus is now on craft beers, specialty beers that can be made in larger volume.

“A lot of large brewers are brewing some very special beers.

That’s why the whole craft brew area has grown nationally. You can be a craft brewery regardless; It’s not about the size. More specialty beers are available out there.”

Although Fruguglietti didn’t have a list of the craft beers that will be on tap, he said Lengthwise Brewing Co., an event sponsor, will feature prominently in the new area.

Speaking of sponsors, another

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Eilene and Denise Rocha, Nicole and Vanessa Enriquez, and Laura Payan enjoy the festivities at Village Fest in 2012.

Village Fest 2013 When: 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 7 Where: Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave. Admission: $68 in advance, $70 at gate (21 and over only); tickets available at all Lengthwise Brewing Co. locations, Frugatti’s Italian Eatery and vallitix.com Information: 322-5200 or bakersfieldvillagefest.com

change this year is the increase in sponsored skyboxes, which are set adjacent to stages throughout the museum grounds.

“Companies can rent a skybox for the event. This way they’re five feet off the ground, get a great view of everything. You can invite co-workers, business acquaintances. ... Those have really taken off. Three years ago we started with one. Now there

are six.”

Attendees might want to buddy up with big business if they want to get a good spot to watch the thousands of people expected at this year’s festivities.

“When it’s all said and done, we have in the neighborhood of 7,000 people there. It gets crowded, but it’s a really fun environment.”

If that number sets off some agoraphobia, Fruguglietti said not to worry.

“We control what our sellout is going to be, and 7,000 is a comfortable number. That’s a good size. Where we are is where we want to keep it.

“If you have nobody out there, you have all the space in the world but you’re not at a really fun event. It’s like New Year’s Eve in Times Square — if there are only 100 people you probably wouldn’t want to be there.”

And spread over 16 acres, you’re “never more than four or

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Volunteers Cherie Anderson, left, and Tracy Fuentez point out the various brew offerings to Johnny Bonello in 2012.

five minutes away from any area.” That’s good news considering the musical lineup, which includes local favorites such as Foster Campbell and Friends,

Thee Majestics, Fatt Katt & the Von Zippers, Dub Seeds, Fat Daddy Blues Band and The Councilmen.

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Art teachers: Retired, not retiring Stunning exhibit puts bold talents on display at BC

BY CAMILLE GAVIN Contributing writer

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ver the years countless art teachers have given hundreds, perhaps thousands of Bakersfield College students the confidence to paint their first canvas.

Now that the college is celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Wylie and May Louise Gallery’s first exhibit of the year will showcase five recently retired art faculty members: Al Davis, Al Naso, Chalita Brossett Robinson, Harry Wilson and Marlene Tatsuno.

“Basically it’s a reunion because we’re also showing the work of current ‘Interplay’ and part-time facOpening recepulty,” said curator tion: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Margaret Nowling. today “So we hope lots Where: Bakersfield of friends and forCollege Jones mer students will Gallery, 1801 come to Panorama Drive (tonight’s) opening.”

Admission: $15 Titled “InterInformation: play,” the exhibit 395-4616 includes artwork in a variety of media.

Nowling shared some background on each of the artists and their work.

For example, Robinson, who retired in 2005 after 36 years at BC, is showing one large canvas, a warm yet powerful oil painting of a robust female nude, and two smaller pieces of her granddaughter done on paper.

Wilson, who taught fine arts photography during his 34-year tenure, is exhibiting “Giant Glass.”

He shot the black-and-white picture of a San Francisco street scene when he was in graduate school and printed the negative for the first time only recently.

Davis, a 2006 retiree, painted his delicate watercolor, “The Puffins,” last year. It is notable for his deftness in executing the precise circular objects that seem to float around the five unusual birds.

Naso, who has specialized in pen and ink drawing during much of his long career — he retired from BC in 2000 — has recently been using computer graphics to add color to his intricate designs. His “Floral Burst” is an example.

Tatsuno, a ceramicist, has a three-piece display called “Ring Around the Rosie,” a spherical form that sits on sand in a shallow bowl. She retired in 2008 and like the other four honorees, is still active as an artist.

Current faculty members whose work is being shown have drawn on a number of styles, ancient as well as contemporary, for their contributions.

Department chairman David Koeth’s piece is part of his humorous creation “Things I’ve Heard, Seen and Said”; Laura Borneman has a striking charcoal drawing

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“The Puffins” is a watercolor by Al Davis.

“Nude” is by Chalita Brossett Robinson.

called “Stay Out and Stay Alive”; Cameron Brian contributed a large — approximately 48-inch square — collage made from scraps of billboard material; Emily Maddigan has two ceramic pieces; there are four collages by Deborah Rodenhauser; two pieces in acrylic and oil notable for their texture from Armando Rubio; Adel Shafik, who is experimenting with encaustic, has a diptych landscape — two pieces that form a single image; and Kristopher Stall-

“Floral Burst” is a computer-enhanced drawing by Al Naso.

worth contributed three digitally printed photos.

There is a charge of $15 to attend the reception but from Tuesday through Oct. 10 it is open to the public at no charge.

The gallery, named for the late BC economics professor Wiley Jones and his wife, May Louise Jones, is located in the foyer of

the Byrd Library.

Visitors should use the Haley Street entrance to the campus.

Parking fees are suspended for tonight’s opening reception. After that, however, visitors are asked to follow campus protocol by parking in the visitor spaces adjacent to the library.

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his week’s batch of cool stuff was all discovered on my latest vacation at the beach, and it involves some of my favorite stuff: cars, red meat and my grandson.

First up is one of the all-time great car-spotting experiences.

We were in Cayucos at the same time the One Percenters were up in Monterey for the swankiest car show of the year. So rather than cruise up and down the 1, we decided to be more proactive and head up to Big Sur to have some fish and chips at Lucia Lodge and spot what we could, car-wise.

Normally this area will turn up all manner of exotic cars — Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens, you name it — driven by some dot-com zillionaire. But this weekend was something entirely different. We saw entire processions of six-figure rides, including a caravan of Ferraris 10 deep, and not just old 308s and 360 Modenas. This

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group had an F40, an F50, and a ’67 275 GTB-4 that is worth more than every house I’ve ever lived in combined. When you’re a Ferrari buff like me, and you’re seeing models that make the 458 Italia seem downright boring, it’s a special day.

We even saw a Lamborghini Aventador roadster, followed very closely by a Mercedes SLS AMG Black Edition as they both hobbled along in first gear, stuck behind some slack-jawed tourist in a PT Cruiser. I assume that when they finally got to a dotted yellow line, it must have sounded awesome.

All I know is that I saw the best car in the world jammed up by

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the worst, in a rolling version of Dante’s “Inferno.”

There were so many of these things going by that my wife and I started betting on whether the next car coming around the bend was a Ferrari, Lamborghini or an Aston Martin.

We even made the ultimate Aston sighting, a silver DB4, presumably driven by James Bond.

We saw at least a dozen Shelby Cobras, a 1955 Porsche Speedster being shadowed by a Carrera GT, and a Pagani Zonda R. There were so many of these amazing machines out and about that when we got passed by a Bugatti Veyron near Cambria, it didn’t even register in my brain that a 1,000-horsepower car worth a million bucks just powered by.

If you’re a car nut, by all means make the trip up there next year on the third weekend in August.

You won’t see all the cars from the Monterey show, but you’ll see the ones I admire most — the ones whose owners actually take them out and drive them. And if your car sucks and you see one of these rolling works of art in your mirror, please take the next available turnout.

It’s the right thing to do.

A senior (dining) moment Every year, during my pilgrimmage to the land of authentic Santa Maria-style steaks, I treat myself to one epic ribeye. Normally I’d head right for the Far Western Tavern in Guadalupe, but they moved it to Orcutt, in old Santa Maria — I mean it is out there. That choice eliminated, we were down to The Hitchin’ Post in Casmalia or Jocko’s in Nipomo. Jocko’s has better steaks, but at times it takes so long to get one that you have to stop for food before you get there so you don’t starve to death waiting your turn. And that’s if you have a reservation. But we decided to give them one more shot because we were going to Nipomo anyway, and we had time to kill. We made a reservation for 4:30, figuring nobody else would want to eat so early. We figured wrong, but not by much. We got there about 4:15 and put our name in. About the time I decided to make my way into the bar, the hostess called our name. Holy cow. Five minutes later we had crackers and a relish tray. This was going great. Then we found out exactly who goes to dinner at 4:30: old people. Really, really old people. Hundreds of them came

pouring in, like a cross between “Cocoon” and "Night of the Living (nearly) Dead.” None of this was a problem until they all got seated.

Seniors out to eat present two major challenges. They have a lot of special dietary restrictions, and they’re notoriously bad tippers.

So by the time they’d all given their list of food demands to the poor servers, we were starving. I actually considered yelling “bingo” just to distract them long enough for the waitress to give our order to the cooks. I tried to bribe the busboy to announce that there was a Buick in the parking lot with its lights on, figuring that would tie up half of them for a few minutes, but no dice. Still, the delay was tolerable, and 20 minutes later I was staring down a 24-ounce Spencer and a baked potato. Life was good. I had a cold Stella Artois, and I was sitting across from the youngest woman in the building. And like my steak, that was quite rare. The nice servers gave me hope that if I go back to Jocko’s, I might get to eat on the same day as my reservation. The food really is worth the hassle. It makes me wonder why people settle for the tourist Please see OBSESSIONS / 21

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— Rosetta Burgelin, chairwoman of the Pine Mountain Fall Festival

Blue sky, cool days?

We always fall for it Pine Mountain Festival beckons all valley dwellers

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oats, scarves, and Halloween decorations have already hit the shelves, but for most Kern County residents, fall still feels very far away.

Up in Pine Mountain, however, the crisp weather is about 10 degrees more tangible.

If you’re up for a bit of a drive, you can work in a solid two days of cooler temperatures this Labor Day weekend at the 38th annual Fall Festival.

Organizers formerly had branded their celebration as Oktoberfest, but in an effort to expand its appeal, they’ve rechristened the event and opened it to the general public. Ever since, this autumnal affair has come to mean a great deal to the small mountain community that hosts it each year. “(Fall Festival) is very important to the community up here,” said event chair Rosetta Burgelin. “It’s a mountain tradition. It’s the kind of weekend that everybody comes up, gets together and visits.

Everybody just hangs out, has fun, eats great food, and listens to some good music.”

Mountain tradition notwithstanding, Fall Festival isn’t just for the locals.

Burgelin said many of the 2,000 to 3,000 visitors that fill the town’s Village Center make the drive from Bakersfield — about an hour and some change — or come from other areas of Kern County.

“It’s nice because everybody knows each other up here. But [Fall Festival] isn’t just for the people who have always lived here,” she added. “If you came up here not knowing anybody or anything, you would have just as much fun as someone who’s lived

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traps like McClintock’s and AJ Spurs.

But if you’re ever there around 4:30, be prepared to see a lot of pictures of grandkids, whether you want to or not.

You can lead a boy to water Speaking of grandkids, I got to take mine to the beach for the first time, and it was pretty cool. Oliver, who’s 3, shows up in Cayucos, and all he wants to do is slide down the slide at the beach. I tried to explain to him that slides were everywhere, that there are only two oceans in our country, and the other one sucks. So after a few thousand slides, he wanted me to take him into the water. Literally. I had to carry that little monster 20 feet out onto the surf and let him watch the waves go past. That got

Pine Mountain Fall Festival When: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Where: Pine Mountain Club Village Center, 16300 Mill Potrero Highway Admission: Free Information: pmcfallfestival.com or 242-1358

here for years.”

The weekend kicks off on Saturday in classic, small-town-festival style with the Hometown Parade at 11 a.m. On both Saturday and Sunday, up to 85 vendors (many of them local) will line Main Street to sell their unique, handmade items, and four bands playing anything from country to ’80s classics will provide live music.

Those waiting for a chance to let their inner Paul Bunyan shine may want to try their hands at the log-sawing and nail-driving contests.

Both are seemingly simple tasks, but throw a couple of lagers into the mix, and you’ve got yourself quite a show.

“I tried the log-sawing last year, and it damn near killed me,” laughed Burgelin.

“Anyone can enter either of those contests, and everyone stands around watching — there’s a lot of hollerin’, and screamin’, and cheerin’.”

There are plenty of activities for the children, too, including an obstacle course, games, giant teeter-totter, pitching cage and a bounce house.

“There’s really something to do no matter what age you are,” Burgelin said. “The kids always have so much fun; they have a blast running around. You’re in a beautiful setting, the mountains are green, the sky is blue and the people are friendly. It’s the kind of festival that people want to come to year after year.”

old in a hurry, so I plopped him down in the sand. He stood there, staring at the waves coming in, and as soon as one got close he ran away like a frightened cat.

The second wave he encountered caught him about thigh-high, and that was it. He loved it. He spent the next hour running into the surf and letting it throw him back out. And I had to run along behind him the whole time in case he got into trouble, which of course he did not, because I’m pretty sure he’s Aquaman. At least Aquaboy.

When I finally had to drag him out of there (too much sun for both of us), he was none too pleased. I’m pretty sure that’s why there’s an ice cream shop in Cayucos; it’s a way to bribe little kids into getting out of the ocean.

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Museum doing holidays BIG

A dummy peeks out of a pile of props used to decorate Talladega Frights, relocating from its former Rosedale Highway location to the Kern County Museum.

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an’t get enough of Halloween and Christmas?

Neither can the Kern County Museum.

Executive Director Roger Perez has announced a couple of monthlong Halloween attractions and the super-sizing of a Christmas holiday tradition for many local families.

First up is the Perez creepy new tenant that will take up residence — appropriately — in an out-ofthe-way dirt area at the back of the museum.

Talladega Frights, which for the past couple of years drew thousands to its location on Rosedale Highway, has moved and will open at the Chester Avenue museum on Sept. 27. Returning to the fright-fest are the Green River Asylum and Hillbilly Hell, which, according to the Talladega website are “all new, all revamped and ALL. TOO. REAL.” Also back, after taking a year off, is Zombie-X, which allows participants to board military trailers and hunt the undead.

A little too frightening for the tykes, you say?

Perez and Mike Wilbur, the mastermind behind Talladega Frights, have families covered with Halloween Town, featuring a midway with carnival games, a pumpkin patch and pumpkin cannons, sledding hill, hayride, bounce houses, a super slide, food and more. And, to ward off the nightmares, it’s all separate from the big-kid-skewing scares going down at Talladega and Zombie-X. Not to be overshadowed — Perez hopes — is Safe Halloween on Oct. 30 and 31, a family tradition now in its 30th year. Though the popular trick-or-treat stations will be back, Wilbur and his crew will add a carnival, an ice-skating rink and other attractions to boost the oomph factor. Admission to Safe Halloween is $10 ($8 for museum members).

Admission prices for the other Halloween attractions at the

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Roger Perez shines his cellphone light on pigs hanging from the ceiling in the freezer room at Talladega Frights.

museum vary. All attendees pay the $10 admission to Halloween Town, but it’s $10 extra for Talladega Frights and another $10 for Zombie-X (though the combo rate for all three attractions is $27).

There is no discount rate for Wilbur museum members. Halloween Town runs Thursdays through Sundays from Sept. 27 through Nov. 3 (Talledega Frights is closed on Oct. 30).

Look for a full preview of all the museum’s Halloween attractions in an upcoming issue of Eye Street.

Meanwhile, Perez has decided to make the most of a good — but limited — idea at Christmastime.

“This is my favorite thing we’re going to do this year by far,” he said. “We’re going to take the vil-

lage and we’re transforming it into Christmas Town. The best way to describe is it’s like the Holiday Lamplight Tours — the look and feel of that event.”

Perez is referring to the yearslong tradition at the museum, which took visitors back in time with the help of carolers, carriage rides, old-fashioned lanterns and other picture-postcard features of the late 1800s.

The problem with the Lamplight Tours, in Perez’s opinion, is that the event lasted just one evening. But this year, the Rockwellian magic kicks off Nov. 29, the day after Thanksgiving, and runs through Dec. 30.

Perez is bringing back Wilbur and his Talladega crew to take the attraction to another level, adding light shows, an animation feature, a sledding hill and iceskating rink (no matter how much magic Perez and Wilbur are capable of, they can’t make it snow in Bakersfield, so they’ll be

A dummy lies on a chair outside of Talladega Frights, which will be open to the public from Sept. 27 to Nov. 3.

using a synthetic material for the sledding and skating).

“One of the first events I went to when I came to the museum was the Lamplight Tours, and I heard from so many people that

they thought it was a shame it was only one day,” Perez said. “It just killed me.”

And though details aren’t set, Perez is hoping to organize a New Year’s Eve event as well.

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call it courage when a group of actors sets out on a three-state tour supported mainly by their artistic dedication and a shoestring budget of only $3,800.

Yet that’s what the Los Angelesbased Theatre Collective is launching this evening with an outdoor production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” on the gazebo-stage at the Gardens at Mill Creek. The local connection is Kama Maccioli, a Cal State Bakersfield theater graduate who goes by Kama Ruby when she’s performing as a jazz vocalist. She and three other women are founders of the company.

“The whole goal of the collective is to work (in) collaboration,” she said during a recent phone conversation.

“Everyone has a task, like who’s going to do the cooking tonight and things like that.”

Lighthearted though that may sound, assignments include serving as the technical crew. The actors do these jobs in full view of the audience while a scene is being played out on stage. Dramatists often refer to this as breaking down the fourth wall — that is, making the audience feel they are part of the production.

“For example when Blanche (Melita Sagar) finishes a scene, she might go off stage and start handling the lights,” said Maccioli, who plays the part of Stella, the sister of the play’s fragile protagonist.

The idea for the company began with Dana Martin of Los Angeles, the show’s director, and Maccioli, who became friends when both were attending graduate school in Nevada.

They soon were joined by Sager and Michelle Petro, who plays Eunice in “Streetcar.”

Male roles in the steamy and violent Tennessee Williams classic are portrayed by Kenric Green as Stanley, Jeremy Minagro as Mitch, and Adon Chau as Steven, a young student.

Part of the group’s philosophy is to share both their teaching talent and profits. In each of the five cities they plan to visit on their tour they will give 10 percent of their

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ticket sales to a local women’s organization. Dress for Success was chosen as Bakersfield’s recipient.

On the teaching side, they will provide free classes in each community.

Locally, they devoted several hours on Tuesday to working with youngsters at the Boys and Girls Club.

“Mostly we talked about vocal and physical preparation,” Maccioli said.

“How to prepare for an audition, how to get ready to go on stage.”

The actors have made similar arrangements with nonprofit organizations in the other stops on their tour: Las Vegas, Cedar City, Utah, Sacramento and Turlock, where the tour ends on Sept. 14.

‘The book of Andy’ Cal State Bakersfield alumnus Michael Mejia, fresh from completing his master’s degree in playwriting from New York University, will debut a new play on Saturday at The Empty

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Space.

It’s a comedy titled “The Book of Andy,” and the one-night-only performance will be a reading rather than a fully staged performance, according to cast member Miguel Torres, who provided the information.

Others in the cast are DeNaé Brown, Cristina Goyeneche, Emily Candia, Justin Salinas and Michael Pawloski.

“This play explores Mejia the world of modern dating through the eyes of a gay man who is suddenly hit with the intensity and surprise of marriage,” Torres said.

(It is) an emotional and thought-provoking adventure.”

It is built around the main character’s indecision when his long-time boyfriend proposes marriage. To help with the decision, Andy visits his exboyfriends to find out what went wrong in those relationships. To his surprise, he finds they are thriving without him, leading him to take desperate measures.

Mejia’s most recent production, “Postcards from Singapore,” was performed at The Empty Space last year.

During his undergraduate days at CSUB, Mejia appeared in numerous productions in the Doré Theatre. Also, several plays he wrote during that time were presented on the campus as well as at Bakersfield Community Theatre.

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Director Vickie Stricklind said the tryouts are held according to age group, with kindergarten through sixth grade in the morning and seventh through 12th grade in the afternoon. The program is operated on a fee basis. Cost is $60 for residents of the North of the River Recreation and Park District, $75 for those who live outside the district.

“We need strong vocals for ‘Whistle Down the Wind’,” she said. “It has a smaller cast but the music is by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman and it has lots of good choruses.”

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Eye Street The Lowdown with Matt Munoz

Bakotopia: the next generation Website fading to black, but spirit alive and well

J

ust before the demise of MySpace and the rise of Facebook, it was Bakotopia.com that brought social networking to Bakersfield’s underground arts and entertainment scene.

Launched in 2005 under The Californian’s umbrella of companies, Bakotopia.com set out to become the epicenter of Bakersfield’s young and hip — and young and hip at heart. The idea was to build community among the disparate underground groups in the city by developing a string of citizen journalists and contributors who kept visitors reading, laughing and debating over topics ranging from politics to culture to social issues — until tempers flared, as they often did. But even that was entertaining.

After eight years, the Bakotopia.com site will be signing off next week. The traffic and engagement with Bakotopia has moved to Facebook (facebook.com/bakotopia; @BakotopiaMatt on Twitter), so the website no longer warrants the ongoing upkeep.

What we can’t take with us to Facebook are the archives and content of our hundreds of contributors. Sad? Yes. But what we started all those years ago was more a spirit than a Web destination, and I hope to keep that alive every week here in my Lowdown column.

A little history: The cyber frontier in the early 2000s was open range, there for the taking. The world was going blogwild, with personal entries of every kind: funny, smart, mindless, infuriating, narcissistic. Cyberfreaks roamed freely as well, pushing the boundaries of free speech, attempting to redefine what it meant to be a “journalist” in the world of new media.

Many stood on the sidelines like rubber-neckers at a pileup to watch various dramas unfold, while others chose to

BAKOTOPIA

Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis gave Bakotopia magazine an exclusive interview in 2009.

PHOTO BY HOLLY CARLYLE

Bakersfield rap trio the Natural Movement were one of many local artists featured in Bakotopia.

join in as a cheering squad. Not sure who won, but it made for some amusing case studies and note-taking.

To separate ourselves from other sites, the invitation was simple: Come take a walk on the wilder side of Bakersfield.

Within a few months, the curious wandered in and eventually the party spread from cyberspace to the material world.

Bakotopia.com had become a brand name the community could trust for a good time, without cliques or fear of feeling left out.

We put on concerts, showed up at the colleges to spread the word, did a radio show, put out a magazine and produced a CD compilation of local bands. The idea was to become a cultural hub, and so we pushed a few buttons along the way — how’s it going, Inga? — but, at the end of the day, I think we succeeded in starting some interesting conversations.

I arrived a few months after the website’s launch. For the first year I was glued to the site, moderating from sunup to sundown,

Matt Munoz covers the music scene for The Californian.

His column appears every Thursday in Eye Street.

building up the Bakotopia.com user database from hundreds to thousands. To attract attention and divert traffic from larger websites, I used traditional promotional methods I developed after years with my band. Soon, quirky buzz phrases began popping up — “Embrace your inner Bako” and “Bakotopia: Where it’s about we, not me” — and we were off to the races.

And the world outside Bakersfield seemed to be paying attention. The Wall Street Journal featured the site on its front page in 2006, and we won a couple of cool awards. Dan Pacheco, who developed the site, shared a story about how during a visit to Costa Rica for a social media summit, a Brazilian journalist told him that he had used Bakotopia.com as the model for a youth soccer website he developed.

Looking back over the better part of a decade, running Bakotopia was more fun than I ever could have imagined and an experience that ushered me into my role as a full-time entertainment journalist. To this day, when I’m strolling around downtown or grabbing a burger, I still get, “Hey, you’re the Bakotopia guy.”

Rather than mourn what’s gone, let’s

start a new chapter in the conversation of Bakersfield’s underground arts scene. This column celebrates the quirky, the edgy, the old and the new, the personalities that make life here vibrant and unconventional.

Give me a call or send a message via Facebook, email, Twitter, telepathy: I’ll probably get it.

And a word to the wise for contributors: Those interested in smuggling some of their Bakotopia.com article and photo submissions for their personal archive should do so soon. The website will close down on Tuesday.

Speaking of contributors, I couldn’t have edited the site without help from dozens of people, including: Chase Brockett, Holly Carlyle, Jeff Gresham, Kindra Hill, Norma Takahashi, Donni Lomeli, Miranda Whitworth, Rebekka Haas, Eric Duhart, Ronna Barajas, Orlando Galvan, Brooke PeaceStewart, Cesareo Garasa, DJ Sanchez, Greg Goodsell, Heath Dobbler, Ray Vargas, Chris Borbon, Aaron Novak, Dezi-Von Manos, Nick Belardes, Jesse Rivera, Jen Raven, Faith Flores-Anderson, Nyoka Jameson, Lydia Gonzales, Jeremy Gonzalez, Todd Powers, Robert Bejil, Joseph Gomez, Adrianna Espitia, Candice Rogers, and Hectic Films’ Rickey Bird and Jason Sanders.

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Eye Street

Putting a shirt on a goat?

Naaa-sayers need not try Event bucks rules of rodeo to capitalize on fun for kids

BY ASHLEY FISCHER Contributing writer

I

t’s not unusual for horses to look their best for a day at the rodeo. But goats?

That’s another story — one spectators can watch unfold this weekend at the 31st annual Caliente Team Penning.

Not quite a full rodeo (it focuses strictly on horsemanship events), Caliente Team Penning is a full-on fundraiser. All the proceeds go directly to the Caliente Educational Foundation, which provides local schools with supplies and awards thousands of dollars in scholarships each year.

“It’s the biggest fundraiser we have,” said Luree Peet, president of the Caliente Educational Foundation. “We have two fundraisers a year, but team penning is our primary source of income; we wouldn’t be able to function without it.”

Caliente Team Penning features three primary competitive events: team sorting, in which pairs of mounted riders sort numbered cows out of the herd in numerical order; team penning, where teams of three must separate three cattle from the herd and into a pen at the opposite end of the arena; and barrel racing.

Signups take place through the day of the event, and nearly anyone with a horse, the $30 entry-fee ($25 if you sign up in advance), and the courage to try is more than welcome to compete. There are junior events for children age 16 and under, including team penning and barrel racing, where competitors vie for a bright, shiny belt buckle.

“In the junior competitions, we give belt buckles to the first-place winners instead of cash,” said Peet. “It’s more fun for a kid to get a buckle. Money comes and goes, but they’ll have that buckle forever, and they’ll always be proud of it.”

And then there are the goats. Not all children come from ranching families or own their own horses, so last year Peet and other coordinators added two events anyone can try: goat dressing and goat-ribbon

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beginning on Sept. 23.

The NOR program has a long and successful history dating back at least 50 years. It has served as the training ground for many young people who have gone on to star in local main stage productions.

One that comes to mind is Kelci Lowry, who started out with NOR Junior Theater at age 5 and currently is playing Lola in “Damn Yankees” at Stars.

Writers conference Former Bakersfield resident Judy Salamacha, co-author of “Colonel Baker’s Field,” has sent details via email about the 29th annual Central Coast Writers Conference.

“It is my fourth year as director and I like

Caliente Team Penning When: 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday; dance at 8 p.m. Saturday Where: Snow’s Arena, 16270 Caliente Creek Road, Twin Oaks (Caliente exit off Highway 58) Admission: Free for spectators; for participants, $30 day of registration fee per rider for mounted events ($25 in advance); $5 for goat-ribbon pull; $10 for goat dressing.

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jerking. The ribbon-jerking is just exactly what it sounds like: Children of walking age and up (the cut-off is 16) are let loose into the arena to see who can manage to yank a ribbon off a goat’s tail in the least amount of time.

Dressing a goat is slightly more complicated — teams of two must work together to catch a goat and wrangle it into a shirt; not exactly an essential skill for a working ranch hand, but it certainly makes for a good show.

“We had more kids enter the goat-ribbon jerking last year,” said Peet. “All you have to do for that one is run up and grab the ribbon, which can be easy or hard, depending on the goat. For the goat dressing the kids do have to be a little bit bigger, but most of them get right in there and do it; it’s really cute to watch.”

In addition to rooting for your favorite penning team, junior barrel racer or fashionably defiant goat, there is a carnival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. In addition, there will be vendors, a barbecue dinner ($10 a plate), and, on Saturday, a post-competition dance that lasts until midnight.

“Just anybody can have a good time here,” Peet said. “It’s fun watching the events and everybody interact — the cowboys are always joking around with each other. It’s also an excuse to get out of the city for a little while and see what the country life is like. It’s a beautiful drive too, so long as you take your time and watch out for the cows!”

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Eye Street TICKET ROUNDUP Rabobank 1001 Truxtun Ave. ticketmaster.com or 800-7453000. (Listed ticket prices do not include additional fees.)

Sept. 5-8: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, show 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday. $20-$75.

Sept. 15: Gary Allan and Sheryl Crow “Free & Easy Tour,” guest Drake White, 7 p.m. in the arena, $33-$73.

Sept. 8: Intocable, 8 p.m., $25$85.

Oct. 3-6: “Disney on Ice: Passport to Adventure,” 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, $9-$48 (Thursday only); $18-$48 (Friday through Sunday).

Oct. 6: “The Four Preps,” presented by Bakersfield Community Concert Association, 3 p.m. in the theater, $80 for eight concerts. bakersfieldcca.org or 2058522 or 589-2478.

Oct. 19: Guns N’ Hoses Charity Boxing, 6 p.m. $10-$35.

Oct. 25: Vince Gill, 7:30 p.m., in the theater, $35-$58.

Nov. 1: Mike Epps, 7 p.m. in the theater, $44-$51.

Nov. 3: “Golden Dragon Acrobats,” presented by Bakersfield Community Concert Association, 3 p.m. in the theater, $80 for seven concerts. bakersfieldcca.org or 205-8522

or 589-2478.

Dec. 8: “Eve Selis,” presented by Bakersfield Community Concert Association, 3 p.m. in the theater, $80 for six concerts. bakersfieldcca.org or 205-8522 or 589-2478.

Jan. 9: Jason Petty’s “Hank & My Honky Tonk Heroes,” presented

by Bakersfield Community Concert Association, 7:30 p.m. in the theater, $80 for five concerts. bakersfieldcca.org or 205-8522 or 589-2478.

Jan. 31: The Fresh Beat Band concert, 6:30 p.m. in the theater, $18 to $38.

Kern County Fairgrounds 1142 S. P St., Budweiser Pavilion The concerts are free with Kern County Fair paid admission. All shows at 8 p.m., unless specified.

Sept. 18: Uncle Kracker Sept. 18: Luis Miguel, 8 p.m., Kern County Fairgrounds, 1142 S. P St. $59-$149 plus fee. Tickets available at Jalisco Jewelers or vallitix.com or 322-5200.

Sept. 19: REO Speedwagon Sept. 20: Zendaya Sept. 21: Jo Dee Messina Sept. 22: Mickey Thomas Sept. 23: Los Lobos Sept. 24: The Four Tops Sept. 25: Dustin Lynch with Lucky Ned Pepper Sept. 26: Kutless Sept. 27: The Hollywood Stones

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Sept. 28: Lonestar Sept 29: Fiesta Rodeo, 6 p.m., $5. vallitix.com or 322-5200.

Sept. 29: Banda la Costena, with special guest Ana Victoria, 7 p.m.

Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace 2800 Buck Owens Blvd. vallitix.com or 322-5200. (Listed ticket prices do not include additional fees.)

Sept. 12: Wade Hayes, 7 p.m., $12.50.

Oct. 23: The Mavericks, 7 p.m., $45-$53.50.

Nov. 23: Mark Chestnutt, 7 p.m., $21-$28.

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Fox Theater 2001 H St. vallitix.com or 3225200. (Listed ticket prices do not include additional fees.)

Sept. 13: Anjelah Johnson, 8 p.m. $30.50.

Sept. 14: Dru Hill with Case and H Town, 8 p.m. $28.50-$68.50.

Sept. 21: Kenny Loggins, 7:30 p.m. $59.50-$99.50.

Oct. 5: Country Roads: A John Denver Celebration, 8 p.m. $26$69.

Oct. 9: Steven Curtis Chapman, $23-$43.

Oct. 18: Bryan Adams, 8 p.m.,

$29.50-$75.

Oct. 26: 3 Faces of the King: An American Legend, celebrate the music, life and legacy of Elvis Presley, 8 p.m. $26-$69.

Nov. 11: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, 7:30 p.m. $27.50-$175.

Nov. 16: The Bob & Tom Comedy Show, 8 p.m., $27.50.

Dec. 7: An Irish Christmas, 7:30 p.m. $26-$51.

Dec. 10: The Black Crowes, 7:30 p.m. $35-$75.

Dec. 23: The Brian Setzer Orchestra — Christmas Rocks!, 7:30 p.m., $40-$80.

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Nov. 8: Panels & Workshops, Spotlight Theatre, 1622 19th Street. $25.

Nov. 8-10: 3 Day Festival Pass, 9 a.m. Friday through 5 p.m. Sunday, Fox Theater, 2001 H St. $175 adults; $90 students.

Nov. 8: Outside The Box Film Festival: Feature Film Movie, 8 p.m., Fox Theater, 2001 H St. $15 adults; $7.50 students.

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New voices for new ears, or so they hope Decades-old chorale updates its repertoire, seeks recruits

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T

he Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale 2013-14 season is called “Here We Go!” and the chorale is inviting new singers to come along for the ride.

The chorale celebrated its 80th anniversary last season with a look back at its traditions. Music director Robert Provencio said the new season is a look ahead to a new repertoire, new education programs, even a new name — Bakersfield Master Chorale.

“We are crossing the ‘t’s’ and dotting the ‘i’s’ in keeping with the requirements of being a California corporation,” said Provencio, who explained that the chorale is in the process of renewing its 501(c)3 application with the state, which requires the new name, among other things. Provencio said the process has inspired a revision in the chorale’s constitution and bylaws, its organization and many other traditions that date back decades.

“The old title was a little bit limiting,” he said. “It seemed the chorale would only sing ‘master works,’ but that’s not true.”

“Mainly what it does is open the door to the repertoire we’ve already been doing and a lot more,” Provencio said.

That expanded repertoire would include commissioned works, musical theater, “pops” music, multicultural music and other genres — music to appeal to a wide audience and a wide group of singers.

Provencio said he and the chorale’s board of directors are taking a long-term view.

“The performing arts in our community are at times really threatened,” he said.

“And unless we who are practitioners don’t find ways to be engaging with the community, then I think we face a very short and gloomy future.”

The chorale will still present three major events during the season — the annual Christmas concert, a joint performance with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, and its spring “pops” concert. The repertoire is largely familiar: excerpts from Handel’s oratorio “Messiah,” along with Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” at Christmas; Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem” in March; and American and Italian music in May. Supporting the performances are new or expanded programs to help young musicians — an artist development program for singers and conductors; a children’s choir; complimentary tickets for selected junior high and high school choral singers; updated marketing and outreach activities.

Provencio, who took over as music director last year, said he spent his first year learning what the “chorale was all about.”

“One does not come into a leadership position making changes wholesale,” said

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Robert Provencio, music director of the Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale, directs the group at a 2012 rehearsal.

Provencio, noting that it was necessary for him and the board of directors to identify what the chorale really wants to be.

“Then you’re in a position to chart a course together we all could commit to,” Provencio said.

In addition to the new, the chorale is reviving a long-dormant tradition — a European tour. Next summer, the chorale will travel to Italy to perform in Florence and sing High Mass at St. Mark’s in Venice and at the Vatican — with opportunities for sight-seeing and singing with local musicians.

Even with significant growth last year, the chorale is recruiting new singers in open rehearsals on Sept. 3 and 9. Provencio said all voice types are welcome to “sitin” with the chorale for a rehearsal, as part of an audition process he said is realistic and non-threatening.

“They have a chance to sing with the returning singers,” Provencio said. “They experience how we work, interact and socialize with each other; how we solve problems.”

At the end of the rehearsal, the guest singers will be asked to sing a verse of either “Amazing Grace” or “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” and be tested on their ability to sing musical examples by ear.

“The assessment goes into a queue and then once they are done, they go to the board of directors for a decision,” Provencio said.

The chorale is interested in all singers, the director said.

“It’s not the voice type so much as the interests, experience and the willingness to get involved with this wonderful, wonderful organization.

“It’s also an opportunity to affect the community on a cultural and educational level that I think is pretty unique,” Provencio said.

Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale open rehearsals When: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Sept. 9 Where: First Assembly of God Church, 4901 California Ave. Information: 348-4678 or email chorale@bakersfieldmasterworks.org

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Fresh & Easy Street Fair, music, a registered dietitian to answer nutrition questions, food samples, chair massages, 4 to 8 p.m., Fresh & Easy, 1110 Olive Drive, Suite A. Free.

Saturday 31st annual Caliente Team Penning, junior barrel racing, team branding, goat ribbon jerking, Queen contest, begins at 8 a.m.

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38th annual Fall Festival, entertainment, beer and wine garden, activities for kids, food, arts & crafts, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Pine Mountain Club Village Center, 16300 Mil Potrero Highway. Free.

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Along with local bands, the event lineup got a boost with the addition of a headliner, up-and-coming country performer Matt Stillwell. Music fans will be happy to note that the website (bakersfieldvillage fest.com) now lists performance times and locations for all the bands, so you won’t miss a minute.

Sports fans can relax in peace in the sports tent, modeled after a similar offering at the Bakersfield Business Conference, that has seating and a slew of big-screen TVs to keep you up to date on scores.

Also easing attendees’ comfort will be brew caddies, which offer a handsfree option for the sampling glass.

“We started that last year.

We sold out on those right away. You’ve got this glass and you don’t want to put it down. Guys aren’t going to put it in their pocket.

Women aren’t going to be carrying purses. ... We doubled our order this year (to 1,000).”

Fruguglietti said the caddy, which will sell for $10 in the souvenir area, is best used when you’ve stopped to chat, eat or take a bathroom break.

“You could have beer in it also. But I wouldn’t recommend walking with it.”

The other major component of Village Fest is the food, which will be in abundance from dozens of local restaurants.

“We have a pretty good mix. All we try to stay away from is the fast food. It’s not about feeding people, it’s about sampling, ranging from casual to some fine dining. ... We want them to promote their business with quality food.”

Vendors include Fruguglietti’s own Frugat-

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Jerry Caneta welcomes visitors into the Big Kahunaville section of Village Fest in 2012.

ti’s Italian Eatery as well as Cafe Med, Salty’s BBQ & Catering, Steak & Grape, Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace, Wiki’s Wine Dive & Grill and Firehouse Restaurant.

Although no children are allowed at Village Fest, local youngsters are the beneficiaries of the popular annual event.

All money raised at the festival goes toward Children’s Advocates Resource Endowment (CARE), which Fruguglietti founded. Last year’s event netted just over $155,000.

“We used to donate to larger charities. If they’re national charities, some of the money goes out of the area. We started CARE for the simple reason that we could control the board.

That way we can control when people put in a request for the money.”

Each spring and fall, people can request a grant from CARE for specific requests that benefit children in Kern County.

Jim Luff, CARE president, said priority goes to requests that benefit the most children.

“Chad Jackman with the Bakersfield Police Activities

League said he wanted to build a soccer field. We provided it all — the uniforms, the balls, the nets, even socks. The first year, 400 kids played there.”

With Village Fest, CARE’s largest fundraiser, 40 percent of the proceeds is pooled to fill grant requests while the remaining 60 percent goes into an endowment fund.

Luff said the fund is currently at about $440,000, nearly halfway to the goal of $1 million. That would ensure the organization’s legacy to benefit local children.

“Should we ever stop producing the event (Village Fest), CARE as a foundation could continue to provide grants for years,” Luff said.

Village Fest is still over a week away, but Fruguglietti is urging everyone to buy their tickets now.

“Bakersfield is a lastminute town,” he said.

“They know this is coming up, they know the date of the event — the first Saturday after Labor Day. We sell almost 75 percent of the tickets the week of the event. It’s always the same thing.”

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Bakersfield Speedway, Late Models, Sport Mods, American Stocks, Mini Dwarfs, gates open at 4 p.m.; races begin at 6 p.m., Bakersfield Speedway, 5001 N. Chester Ave. $15; $5 ages 6-12; under 5 free. bakersfieldspeedway.com or call 393-3373.

Car Show, with battle of the bands, 7 p.m. to midnight, Eagle’s Hall, 1718 17th St. $10.

No registration fee for car entry. 747-1628.

Electronic Waste Recycling Event, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Society for Disabled Children, 1819 Brundage Lane. Free. Email nlagness@yahoo.com or 873-4011.

Farmers Markets:, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, next to Golden State Mall, 3201 F St.; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Brimhall Square, 9500 Brimhall Road; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, Kaiser Permanente, 8800 Ming Ave.; 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Calvary Chapel Bakersfield, 6501 Schirra Court; 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesdays, in the parking lot of James Street and Central Avenue, Shafter.

Fun Fair Membership Drive, live bands, karaoke, pool tournament, food available for purchase, donate blood with the Houchin Bloodmobile, noon to 5 p.m., Eagle’s Hall, 1718 17th St. Free. 747-1628.

Lantern Light Tour & Ghost Hunt, 8 to 10:30 p.m., Silver City Ghost Town, 3829 Lake Isabella Blvd., Bodfish. $12 per person of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 760-379-5146.

Moscow Ballet Auditions, for ages 7 to 16, 11 a.m., J and M Dance Center, 20609 Santa Lucia, Unit A, Tehachapi. Free. Register at nutcracker.com/dance-with-us/audtions.

NASCAR, Pro Late Models 100, CITGO Lubricants Late Models 50, Legends, Bandoleros, Mini Stocks, 6 p.m., Kern County Raceway Park, 13500 Raceway Blvd. $8$45. Email sblakesley@kernraceway.com or 835-1264.

Twilight at CALM, bring a picnic dinner and dine with the animals and enjoy them during their active dusk hours, 5 to 8 p.m., CALM, 10500 Alfred Harrell Highway. $9 adults; $7 seniors; $5 ages 3 to 12; children under 3 are free; CALM members are free. calmzoo.org or 872-2256.

Sunday Electronic Waste Recycling Event, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 8800 Ming Ave. Free. Email nlagness@yahoo.com or 873-4011.

Greater World Gift, with jewelry, baskets, gift items from Third World countries; 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., First Congregational Church, 5 Real Road. 327-1609.

Jayce Walker Benefit Concert, sponsored by AM Entertainment Group and Jerry’s Pizza; featuring Vlad Arthur, Tri Tone Mafia, Lunatic Fringe, Mr. Melow, Cali GEEK, noon to 9 p.m., Jerry’s Pizza, 1817 Chester Ave. Free, donations will be accepted. 6331000.

THEATER “Damn Yankees,” 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday, Stars Dinner Theatre, 1931 Chester Ave. Adults dinner/show: $54-$59; $38 show only; students dinner/show: $39; $23 show only. 325-6100.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show,” presented

by The Velvet Darkness, midnight Friday and Saturday, The Empty Space, 706 Oak St. $10. 18 and over only. 327-PLAY. “Rosedale,” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Gaslight Melodrama Theatre &

ONE FOR THE BOOKS

Coming Saturday

First Wednesday, with guest speakers Kristie Coons, Tony Russo and Monica Diaz discussing One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern and this year’s book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,”

by Rebecca Skloot, 10 to 11 a.m., Bakersfield Museum of Art, 1930 R St. $5 nonmembers; $4 non-member seniors; free for members. 323-7219.

08.31.13 Inside The Californian

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.

ART 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 Avenue and A Street. Visit mercybakersfield.org/art or to register, 632-5357.

Artwork on Display, by artists Patti Doolittle, Ann Sullivan, Charlotte White and Iva Fendrick, now through September, Epic Jet Center, 1105 Douglas St. Free. 399-7011.

Artwork on Display, by artists Karen King, Patti Doolittle, Iva Fendrick, Mel Paleo, Jennifer Shrader, Richard Geissel and Floyd Dillon, now through September, Stars Dinner Theatre, 1931 Chester Ave. Free. 325-6100.

Artwork on Display, featuring several artists of “Vacation & Holiday” paintings, now through August, Dagny’s Coffee Co., 1600 20th St. 634-0806.

Calligraphy Class with Cynthia Hallstrom, for seventh through 12th graders, and adults, 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Bakersfield Art Association Art Center, 1817 Eye St. $20 per class/$80 for the month. 303-2372 or 869-2320.

Opening Reception for “Interplay,” featuring work by esteemed retired and current faculty members, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Bakersfield College, Wylie and Louise May Jones Gallery, 1801 Panorama Drive. $15. 395-4616.

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Inside this issue: The Man Issue Explore this testosteronefilled issue of men-focused features, including local family leaders and the best local places to root for your team, drink merrily and to capture a little freedom and camaraderie.

But that doesn’t mean the women of Bakersfield can’t enjoy this issue. Get the inside scoop on the other half.

Bakersfield’s Most Eligible Meet eight local men and eight local women who are single and ready to mingle.

Cinco De Latination What does Latin mean to you? See how local artists answer this question with their creations in the fifth annual Latination art exhibit, “Cinco de Latination.”

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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. 322-0544 or 832-8845.

COME TALK TO THE ANIMALS

MUSIC Blues Lone Oak Lounge, 10612 Rosedale Highway, 589-0412; Mystic Duo, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday.

Pyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner, 323-0053; Glenda Robles and Bobby “O,” 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Wine Me Up, 3900 Coffee Road, Suite 2, 588-8556; Joe’s Tent House, 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Free.

Classic rock Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge, 3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; Mystic Red, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

KC Steakhouse, 2515 F St., 3229910; Jimmy Gaines, 6 to 10 p.m.

Tuesday through Thursday; Jimmy Gaines, Bobby O and Mike Hall, 6:30 to 11:30 p.m., featuring Glenda Robles, 8 to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Lone Oak Lounge, 10612 Rosedale Highway, 589-0412; No Limit, 9 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m.

Sunday.

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

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 3277625; 7:45 p.m. Thursday. $5.

Visit facebook.com/ontherocksbakersfield.

Country Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 Alfred Harrell Highway, 873-7613; Friday, 7 to 11 p.m. Friday.

Rasmussen Senior Center, 115 E. Roberts Lane, 392-2030; The Pals Band, 10:30 a.m. to noon every Thursday.

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 3228900; Vince Galindo, 9 p.m.

Wednesdays.

Trout’s & The Blackboard Stages, 805 N. Chester Ave., 3996700; Red Simpson, 7 p.m. Monday; Steve Woods, 7 to 10 p.m.

Tuesdays. Free.

Greenacres Community Center, 2014 Calloway Drive, 3922010; The Pals Band, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday.

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.

Dancing Classes, Beginning Pole Fitness, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.; Begin-

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.

Wiki’s Wine Dive & Grill, 11350 Ming Ave., 399-4547; Zanne Zarow, Steve Eisen, Mark Meyer, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Karaoke

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A bobcat peers through the brush at CALM. Twilight at CALM, bring a picnic dinner and dine with the animals and enjoy them during their active dusk hours, 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, CALM, 10500 Alfred Harrell Highway. $9 adults; $7 seniors; $5 ages 3 to 12; children under 3 are free; CALM members are free. calmzoo.org or 872-2256. ning Belly Dancing, 6 p.m. Monday; Chair Dance Fitness, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Simply Irresistible Pole Fitness & Dance, 1420 19th St., Suite C. $45-$55. 444-0133.

DoubleTree Hotel, Club Odyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio Court, 323-7111; learn Salsa, Cumbia, or West Coast swing, 4 to 7 p.m. every Sunday. $5 per person, per lesson.

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 Drive, 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.

Pairs and Spares Dance, music

by Country George, 7 p.m. Friday, Rasmussen Senior Center, 115 E. Roberts Lane. $7; $9 nonmembers. 399-3575 or 619-3859.

Studio 9 Dance, 4000 Easton Drive, Suite 9, 619-1003; basic West Coast swing, 7 p.m.

Wednesdays, ballroom, country, two-step, 7 and 8 p.m. Thursdays.

Trouts & The Blackboard Stages, 805 N. Chester Ave., 3996700; two-step, West Coast swing, line dance lessons, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays; West Coast swing, 6 p.m. Fridays. $5.

Whirlaways Square Dance Club, has workshops every first, third, fourth and fifth Mondays, Park Stockdale Civic Association Community Center, 205 Rio

Bravo Drive. whirlaways.org or 213-3105.

DJ Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge, 3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; DJ Brian, 7 to 11 p.m. Tuesday.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 3100 Camino Del Rio Court. 3237111; 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.

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 3277625; DJ Chuck One, 9 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday. 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.

Fight and music B. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill, 7401 White Lane, 397-7304; UFC fight and Meditated Assault, 7 p.m. Saturday. $10, includes dinner.

Heavy metal The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall, 831-1413; Syster D, 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday.

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 Connection, 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,

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.

Best Western, 2620 Buck Owens Blvd., 327-9651; The Junction with host Mac Clanahan, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays.

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.

Don Perico Restaurant, 2660 Oswell St., Suite 133, 871-2001; 7 to 11 p.m. Thursdays.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 3100 Camino Del Rio Court; 3237111, 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesdays.

El Torito Restaurant, 4646 California Ave., 395-3035, Karaoke with Irish Monkey Entertainment, 8 p.m. Saturdays.

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 Lounge, 10612 Rosedale Highway, 589-0412; 10 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday.

Long Branch Saloon, 907 N. Chester Ave., 399-8484; 8 p.m. every Wednesday.

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., 8691451; 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays. karaoke.

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.

Rocky’s Pizza & Arcade, 2858 Niles St., 873-1900; Joey Zaza’s Karaoke and Stuff, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

Round Table Pizza, 2060 White Lane, 836-2700; 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Round Table Pizza, 4200 Gosford Road, 397-1111; 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays.

Rusty’s Pizza, 5430 Olive Drive, 392-1482; 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday.

Sky Bar and Lounge, 4208 Rosedale Highway, 633-1116, Karaoke with Ben Lara, 7 to 11 p.m. Tuesdays.

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.

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 Lounge, 2915 Taft Highway; 397-3599; 7 to 10 p.m. Sundays.

The Pourhouse, 4041 Fruitvale Ave., 589-9300; 9 p.m. every Friday.

The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall Road, 831-1413; hosted by Ed Loverr, 9 p.m. to midnight Friday.

The Regent, 2814 Niles St., 8714140; 8:30 p.m. Fridays.

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., 399-6700; 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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Latin

LIGHTS! CAMERAS! ROSEDALE!

Wiki’s Wine Dive & Grill, 11350 Ming Ave., 399-4547; Mauro, Rico Velazquez, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Mariachi Camino Real Restaurant, 6 to 9 p.m. every Sunday at 3500 Truxtun Ave. 852-0493.

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

Open mic Fiddlers Crossing, 206 E. F St., Tehachapi, 823-9994; 7 p.m.

Wednesdays. $5.

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 327-7625; musicians, spoken word, poets, comedians, 9 p.m. every Wednesday. Free.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL PRINCE

Jay Stodder appears as R.J. Brewing in “Rosedale.”

“Rosedale,” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Gaslight Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall, 12748 Jomani Drive. $12 to $23.

587-3377.

Pop J & M’s Bar and Grill, 10801 Rosedale Highway, 589-3042; Therese & the Sweetness, 9:30 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday.

UPCOMING EVENTS Monday 9/2

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 327-7625; Velorio, 9 p.m. Saturday $7.

Pilgrimage for a Pathway to Citizenship Faith Rally, 4 p.m., Fox Theater, 2001 H St. Free.

Search for Faith in Action Kern County on Facebook.

R&B

Tuesday 9/3

Señor Pepe, 8450 Granite Falls Drive, 588-0385, Rebecca Aguilar and Lost Vinyl, 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday.

Guild House Restaurant ReOpening, come join us for lunch, includes soup, entree, dessert and beverage, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Guild House, 1905 18th St. $14.95 plus tax. 325-5478.

Kern Audubon Society, presents “Recovery of the California Condor” by Joseph Brandt, condor recovery project director, 7 p.m., Kern County Superintendent of Schools, 1300 17th St. Visit kernaudubonsociety.org or 322-7470.

Masterworks Chorale Open Rehearsal, 7 p.m., First Assembly of God, 4901 California Ave. Free.

Visit bakersfieldmasterworks.org or call Dave at 348-4678.

Project Linus Community Blanket Day, we provide blankets for local children who are ill or traumatized, 9 a.m. to noon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 316 A St. Visit projectlinusbakersfield.com or 589-1854.

Sierra Club Conditioning Hikes, three to five miles, 7 p.m., meet at corner of highways 178 and 184.

872-2432 or 873-8107.

South Valley Sound Chorus Acapella Practice Night, 7 p.m., ClearView Baptist Church, 203 S. H St. Visit southvalleysound.org or 346-6190.

Reggae/ska

Rock On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 327-7625; Revelators, 9 p.m.

Thursday. $5, 21 and over only.

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

Thursday through Saturday. Free.

Songwriters The Bistro, 5105 California Ave., 323-3905; Brent Brown, 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays.

Trivia night Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge, 3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Chuy’s, 2500 New Stine Road, 833-3469; 7 p.m. every Tuesday.

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 327-7625; 8 to 10 p.m. Monday.

Variety Crest Bar & Grill, inside Bakersfield RV Resort, 5025 Wible Road, 833-9998; Steve Woods, 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Golden State Mall, 3201 F St., 872-2037, Joe Loco Duet, 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

Trouts & The Blackboard Stages, 805 N. Chester Ave., 399-6700; The Blackboard Playboys, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $5 after 8 p.m.

Wednesday 9/4 Film Club, with Cody Meek, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 4001 California Ave. 631-2575.

First Wednesday, with guest speakers Kristie Coons, Tony Russo and Monica Diaz discussing

One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern and this year’s book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,”

by Rebecca Skloot, 10 to 11 a.m., Bakersfield Museum of Art, 1930 R St. $5 nonmembers; $4 non-member seniors; free for members.

323-7219.

Independent Film Festival, see the movie “The Way, Way Back,” 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. Saturday, Maya Cinemas, 1000 California Ave. $6. 636-0484.

Thursday 9/5 “Damn Yankees,” 7:30 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday, Stars Dinner Theatre, 1931 Chester Ave. Adults dinner/show: $54-$59; $38 show only; students dinner/show: $39; $23 show only. 325-6100.

Red Cross New Volunteer Orientation, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., American Red Cross, 5035 Gilmore Ave. Free. Visit redcross.org/kernchapter or 324-6427.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, show 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Rabobank Arena, 1001 Truxtun Ave. $20-$75. ticketmaster.com or call 800-745-3000.

Friday 9/6 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, The Empty Space, 706 Oak St. $15; $10 students/seniors/military.

327-PLAY. “Rosedale,” 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Gaslight Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall, 12748 Jomani Drive. $12 to $23.

587-3377.

41st annual Greek Food Festival, music, dancing, children’s games, shopping, 4 to 11 p.m. Friday; noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, St. George Greek Orthodox, 401 Truxtun Ave. $5 adults; children under 12 are free. 325-8694.

Fifth annual Latination Art

Opening Reception, music by Mento Buru, food and drinks by El Pueblo Restaurant, 5 to 10 p.m., Metro Galleries, 1604 19th St. Free.

Visit themetrogalleries.com or email info@themetrogalleries.com.

First Friday Downtown, featuring live music, art openings, specialty shops, galleries and boutiques, artists will set up their artwork, 5 to 9 p.m., Downtown Arts District. Email don@themetrogalleries.com or info@themetrogalleries.com.

FLICS International Cinema Society, opening reception with refreshments, 6:30 p.m., Spanish black-and-white silent film “Blancanieves,” 7:30 p.m., Bakersfield Fox Theater, 2001 H St. $5. flics.org or call 428-0354.

Guild House First Friday, enjoy music, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Guild House, 1905 18th St. $10, includes light appetizers, dessert, one glass of wine. 325-5478.

Latination V After Pachanga!, music by Mentuo Buru, Velorio, DJ Mikey, 9 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m Saturday, Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St. $5.

322-8900.

State of Insomnia CD Release Show, 8 to 11 p.m., Elements Venue, 3401 Chester Ave. Free. All ages. Visit timgardeapresents.com.

Saturday 9/7 “Fame: The Musical,” 7 p.m.

Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Bakersfield High School, Harvey Auditorium, 1241 G St. $10. Visit www.BMTStars.com.

44th annual Wasco Festival of Roses, pancake breakfast, parade, rose field tours, fun run, art show and faire, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Barker Park, 1280 Poplar Ave., Wasco. www.ci.wasco.ca.us or 758-2614.

Auditions for “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” and “Whistle Down the Wind,” for kindergarten through sixth graders: 9 to 11:30 a.m., for seventh through 12th graders: 1 to 3:30 p.m., NOR Veteran’s Hall, 400 Norris Road. $60 resident fee; $75 non-residents.

392-2000.

Bakersfield Speedway, Sprint Cars, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks, Mini Stocks, gates open at 4 p.m.; races begin at 6 p.m., Bakersfield Speedway, 5001 N. Chester Ave. $15; $5 ages 6-12; under 5 free. bakersfieldspeedway.com or call 393-3373.

Electronic Waste Recycling Fundraiser, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kern City Town Hall, 1003 Pebble Beach Drive. Email nlagness@yahoo.com or 873-4011.

Fourth annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation Fundraiser, volunteers collect donations and shave their heads in solidarity with children fighting cancer, 1 to 5 p.m., Chuy’s, 8660 Rosedale Highway.

Funds benefit childhood cancer research at hospitals around the world. Visit

StBaldricks.org/events/Bakersfield or 496-4536.

Garden Project Community Meeting, learn how to plant your own vegetable garden, 10 a.m. to noon, St. Luke Anglican Church, 2730 Mall View Road. 332-3204.

Inspirational Art Book Signing, by author Aliza McCracken, of internationally award-winning books: “The Dance of Love,” “Spirit of Joy,” “Pure Grace,” “Creative Abundance,” and “Celebrating a Beautiful Life,” 1 to 3 p.m., Russo’s, 9000 Ming Ave. Free. 665-4686.

Just for Kids, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, 2018 Chester Ave. $7 adults; $5 students with ID, seniors; $4 for children under 18; 5 and under are free. Members are free. 324-6350.

Kick-Off the School for Camp KEEP Breakfast, 8:30 a.m., Hodel’s Country Dining, 5917 Knudsen Drive. $25. Visit email lytaylor@kern.org or 301-9389.

NASCAR, Spears SRL Southwest Tour with SRL S2, SRl Legends Tour, 6 p.m., Kern County Raceway Park, 13500 Raceway Blvd. $8$45. Email sblakesley@kernraceway.com or 835-1264.

Saturday Night Nitro, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. sessions, Famoso Raceway, 33559 Famoso Road, McFarland. $20; kids 12 and under are free. 399-5351 or 399-2210.

Sierra Club Breakfast, with business reporter John Cox of The Bakersfield Californian, discussing “Fracking in Kern County,” 8 a.m., Hodel’s, 5917 Knudsen Drive. $12.

Reservations, 589-7796.

Village Fest 2013, music and unlimited food samples, over 25 wineries, over 60 breweries, 6 to 10 p.m., Kern County Museum, Pioneer Village, 3801 Chester Ave. $65 plus fee. 21 and over only. bakersfieldvillagefest.com or vallitix.com or 322-5200.

Village Fest Afterparty, music

by Mento Buru, 10 p.m., On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 327-7625 $5.

21 and over only.

Walk MS: Bakersfield 2013 Kick-Off Party, learn more if you want to participate or volunteer at the walk, appetizers, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Firehouse Restaurant, 7701 White Lane. Free. Email christine.grontkowski@nmss.org or 321-9512.

Sunday 9/8 Bakersfield Raider Nation Club, come out and watch the season opener with us, 10 a.m., Round Table Pizza, 2060 White Lane.

More information, call 340-7167.

TMRA Junior Rodeo, 7:30 a.m., Tehachapi Rodeo Grounds, 601 S. Dennison Road, Tehachapi. Free for spectators; $5-$20 to participate.

Visit tehachapiprorodeo.com.

Viva Mexico Festival, hosted by The Spanish Radio Group; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Kern County Fairgrounds, 1142 S P St. Free. 8334917.