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There’s a new dance venue in town for country dancers Camp Pollock considered to be a perfect spot for the Sacramento Country Dance Society By Monica Stark editor@valcomnews.com

lish society got bored with complicated and difficult-toCommon lore among Eng- learn formal dances, the kind lish country dancers is that of display dances for couples their favorite pastime be- to show off. So, they startgan in the 1600s when Eng- ed dancing country dances

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for light relief, explains Chris Ratekin, English dance committee chair for the Sacramento Country Dance Society, a local group that added Camp Pollock as a monthly dance venue. “Country danc-

es were simple dances done by country folk and had to be easy because country folk didn’t go to dance lessons, and couldn’t read dance books or anything else for that matter,” Ratekin said.

These country dances proved very popular, Ratekin explains, and soon, professional dancing masters got into the act, and started inventing and publishing more complicated “country dances”. “These were no longer dances of the country folk, but were danced only by the educated classes of English society. If you have seen any of the Jane Austen movies, such as ‘Pride and Prejudice’ or ‘Sense and Sensibility’, you have seen English country dancing.” American Contra dancing, and traditional American square dancing, evolved from these “country dances”, Ratekin explains. “Today, many new dances and tunes are being written in the same style.” At events hosted by The Sacramento Country Dance Society, dancers enjoy a mix of old and newly written dances. Unlike many dance communities, this group has its own house band whose musicians play many musical styles in a variety of groups; for English Country dancing they come together as “Quite Carried Away” and include Dick Holdstock on octave mandolin and banjo, Susan Jones on concertina, Arlene Jamar on piano, Jane Kostka on whistle, Martin Lodahl on viola da gamba, and David Wright on fiddle and mandolin. “Music is very important. We always feature live music,” Ratekin said. Meanwhile, a rotating list of callers, “some of the very best callers in the United States”, not only to teach each dance, but provide prompts throughout the dance—much like a square dance—so that dancers don’t need to memorize anything. They’ve selected callers with particular skills in working with new dancers for the group’s new Camp see Dance page 3

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Pollock events, which are held on the third Sunday of each month from 2 to 5 p.m., preceded by an introductory lesson at 1:30 p.m. “A hidden gem, right in the center of things,” Camp Pollock with its dance floor, good acoustics and not to mention country feel, was chosen as an additional monthly location for those reasons and because the core group of dancers simply wanted to dance more often. “I just find the music and dancing joyful, so much so, that it always makes me smile. Some people come to our dances for the social aspect; dancing is a very social activity, and our group is there to have fun. We laugh a lot,” Ratekin responded when asked about her favorite part of English country dancing. The Sacramento Country Dance Society has been sponsoring American Contra dances for more than 30 years. About 16 years ago, a number of dancers and musicians who had enjoyed English Country Dancers in other communities came together to form a monthly dance in Roseville, under SCDS sponsorship. The dancers love the dancing, and the musicians love another excuse to play beautiful music. Now we’re thrilled to be expanding our offering by adding a second monthly dance in central Sacramento. The group is very informal—no memberships, and the only requirement is interest in the dance. And the snacks at the break are an added draw,” Ratekin said. New Sacramento English Country Dance details: The Sacramento Country Dance Society is adding a second monthly English Country Dance on the third Sunday afternoon of each month at Camp Pollock, 1501 Northgate Blvd. Lovely hall and floor, easy parking, and on the American River Bike Trail. This is in addition to the long-running dance in Roseville that conValley Community Newspapers, Inc.

tinues on the first Sunday afternoon of each month at the Polish-American Hall. Beginners welcome, no partners necessary, always live music. Times for both dances: 2-5 p.m., preceded by an introductory lesson at 1:30 p.m. Details about both dances, including callers, music, locations, and date changes, can be found at sactocds.org/ english-country-dance/

Cost: $10 for adults; $8 for college students with ID; $5 for dancers under 18; $25 maximum for families (cash or check). All proceeds go to hall rental, the caller, and band members. What to wear: Comfortable, casual clothes are fine. Many women prefer full skirts. Clean, non-marking shoes with no or low heels are best for the dance floor and for your feet!

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Sacramento resident re-releases Elly award winning play on her family’s escape from Nazi Germany By Monica Stark editor@valcomnews.com

Sacramento resident Susanne Sommer never knew the full story of her parents’ journey from Nazi Germany to the United States. But after their deaths, she discovered letters buried in trunks, shoe boxes, hidden folders. After a fiveyear hiatus, Elly award winner Echoes in the Heart, a two-act play spanning from 1938-1941, is being produced again due to popular demand.

In the shadow of Kristallnacht and the malice of Adolf Hitler there is no safe place in Nazi Germany for Jews. A young couple desperately tries to leave for America with their infant daughter by writing to distant relatives. But the United States is closed to fleeing Jews. Where will they go? Echoes in the Heart is the story of love and survival in the face of terror and hate. It is the true story of a family’s desperate escape from Nazi Germany.

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The plot... in Sommer’s words It’s 1938 in Berlin Germany, I am one year old. My family is Jewish. My parents realize our lives are in danger, and know they must leave the country they grew up in, preferably to the United States. Hitler is still willing to let Jews leave, but few countries are willing to accept them, the United States for one. After several pleas to relatives in the U.S., a distant unknown cousin (Paul Lewinson) writes, “I will do what I can to help.” But it’s impossible for my parents and I to get into the U.S. After much research and speaking to people, Paul learns that the president of the Philippine Islands is willing to take a limited number of refugees. In July 1939, just before my 2nd birthday and two months before war breaks out in Europe, we leave for Manila. Even though my parents are grateful for being allowed to enter the Philippines, life is hard. My father can’t find work, the tropical heat is difficult to adjust to, and my mother is determined to come to the States. But now it’s become even more difficult. Our quota numbers have come up, but the State Department is more reluctant than ever to allow Jews in. Numerous barriers are thrown in their way. Paul and his wife Jean go every route they can think of to help, and after many attempts and a long struggle, visas are issued to enter the US. We leave for San Francisco on the last Japanese ship to come to America until after the war. It is May 1941, seven months before war breaks out in the Pacific. We get out just in a nick of time as the State Department now slams the doors shut. No more German Jews are allowed to come to the U.S.Without the dogged persistence of Paul and Jean, we would never have been able to leave Germany. And you know how that would’ve end-

ed. They were truly our guardian angels, and the play is a tribute to them.” Soon after Sommer’s mother died in 2002, she found the correspondence between her parents and the Lewinsons. The letters were so compelling, describing in detail the difficulties of coming to America, that she wrote a book for her family using the letters. Many more were found: from my grandparents and other relatives. More family history during this ugly period became known. Others read the book (self published) and some said this should be a play. But Sommer said she had a hard time going it alone. At last a friend asked former political consultant, television journalist and prolific playwright, Leo McElroy, if he would be interested. At first, McElroy wondered how he could write a play just using letters.“But after one night reading the book, he saw the way. So by using my words and the letters from the book, he created Echoes in the Heart,” Sommer said. As McElroy writes in his director’s notes, “Echoes in the Heart is an unconventional story told in an unconventional way. Many of the physical scenes are vague, as they would be in the memory of a small child. A lot of the spoken dialogue was actually a written dialogue between the cousins. The events portrayed are accurate; however, the play is not about history, but about what history did (and does) to people. In the religious intolerance, in the hostility and suspicion toward immigrants, this story of the past gives us something to think about today. We all learned something doing this show...about history, about love and hate, and, most of all, about ourselves.” In 2013, Sommer produced Echoes and it was a huge success, filling the small Geery The-

ater on 22nd and L streets for five weekends (the play was extended an extra weekend) and could’ve gone on longer. “Winning the Elly for best original script was a huge thrill. For me it was as good as receiving an Academy Award,” she said. The play is being produced again, this time by Tim Cahill, because so many people have asked about it. The play has five characters: Sommer’s mother and father, Max and Marga Grunwald; Paul and Jean Lewinson; and the narrator. There are several minor parts played by the same person. The actors are local community theater performers with considerable experience. Tabitha Ward plays Sommer’s mother; Colin Coate, her father. Mark Ludwig and Lisa Derthick play Paul and Jean. Victoria Goldblatt is the narrator. She played Jean during the first run. Tom Bost performs the various small parts. ECHOES in the HEART Written by Leo McElroy and Susanne Sommer Directed by Leo McElroy Assistant Director: Kate Muris Produced by Tim Cahill Presents October 26, 27, November 1,2,9,10—8pm October 28, November 4, 11—2pm General Admission Tickets $20 Seniors, Students, Sarta Members $15 To purchase: call 916402-8899 or email tcahill@ccbell.com Howe Avenue Theater at Howe Park 2201 Cottage Way,Sacramento, CA 95825 Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

Mel Ramos, Local Painter of Pop Art, Has Passed Away By Jan Dalske

Melvin John Ramos was an American figurative painter who specialized most often in painting female nudes. His work incorporated elements of both realist and abstract art. Ramos was born on July 14, 1935 in Sacramento, California. He remained in California for the length of his career. He passed away on October 14, 2018 at the age of 83 due to heart failure. Ramos lived in California for most of his career. In 1966, he joined the faculty of what was then the California State College at Hayward, where he was a faculty member until 1997. He retired as a professor emeritus. Mel Ramos is survived by his wife, Leta. They met in high school and were together for a life time. She was an artist’s model and artist from Oakland, Calif. She began posing for her husband in 1959, becoming his primary model for many of his earlier works, including the wellknown Pop images of female superheroes and women with animals, such as “Gorilla”. His paintings of pinup models are important in the history of Pop Art. His models appeared to be partially or fully naked and were set against monochromatic backgrounds. The figures he painted appeared to rise out of candy wrappers. They might be suggestively holding Chiquita bananas. Some might be leaning against Coca-Cola bottles, or peering out from behind oversized cigars. And some of the figures would be painted with larger than life size Tootsie Rolls. The imagery presented a product, but it portrayed easy to see sexual overtones. His paintings met with acclaim in the 1960’s. Critic Elisabeth Stevens wrote about him in the ARTnews in 1964, when he had a show at the Bianchini Gallery in New Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

York. She said that “Mel Ramos brings a carnival spirit from California. The designs are dramatic, the color jazzy, and exciting. As a painter, Ramos is no playboy, and like Wayne Thiebaud, with whom he studied, his realism is tough, gutsy, and never academic.” Playboy magazine published a book of Ramos’s pinup paintings. When feminism was on the rise in the American art world, toward the end of the 1960’s and into the 1970’s, critical interest in Ramos’s work seemed to wane. In an interview that he gave in 2010, Ramos denied the sexist content of his work. He told publisher Hatje Cantz, “Yes, I have painted male portraits, but the main point is true, I’m interested in the female figure.” Ramos did not paint prolifically like most other Pop artists. He produced “not more than 1,000 works”, according to Louis K. Meisel, the founder of the New York gallery. Ramos’s work has recently been the subject of a critical revival in Europe. In 2012 the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento staged “Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights.” Mel Ramos showed his art at the Archival Gallery in

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Serve and Return – Building Your Baby’s Brain By Camille Maben First 5 California Executive Director

neural connections and language development. A recent study of children between the ages of 4 and 6 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology cognitive scientists found that this volleying back and forth accounted for a significant difference in brain physiology and language skills regardless of economic status. Fortunately, this activity doesn’t require fancy toys or special videos or apps, all it requires is you. Here are some easy steps to follow:

From the moment a child is born, their brains are growing and developing at fantastic speeds, and your interactions with them at this stage will impact the rest of their lives. Science has shown that healthy brain development depends upon ongoing conversations and interactions between an adult and a child. This process of “serve and return,” where an infant “serves” through gestures, cries or coos, and an adult “returns” Be engaged by acknowledging and responding in a positive manStay aware to what draws ner, is critical for building your infant or toddler’s attention and their responses.

It could be a toy, a pet wan- spond so they have time to dering past, a cloud floating think and formulate their overhead, or even their toes. ideas. Make this an important part daily interacRespond positively tions.ofByyour doing so, you will This is the “return” portion, help your baby’s brain develwhere you provide a response op and prepare them emoto their expressions and ges- tionally and cognitively for tures. If an object fascinates the future. them, you can point to it and give it a name, or just smile More tips and information and make a sign that shows are available at http://www. you recognize their interest. first5california.com

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Our mother vetoed TV. She said we didn’t need it. We should read. But we read all the time, we said. We read at school. We read at home. We read in bed. But the kids at school were starting to talk about TV. The cool six-grade girls who wore pricey white bucks and used special chalk puffs to brush away scuffs, would greet one another with, “Did you see Ozzie and Harriet last night? Sooooo good.” It seemed they talked about TV with even more emphatic raptures when near those of us known not to have it. I worked on my mother. “The Whitsettes have TV and the Tierneys say they’re getting one.” “People can do what they like,” she’d say. “It’s a free country.”

“Mom, TV is like having a movie in your very own house. Every night. A free movie.” “We have books. We have games. We have conversation.” During this impasse our father installed a patio outside the back door. He did it himself, and it seemed to take a long time and many six-packs. When the cement dried it was lumpy in parts, but who needs a perfect patio? He screened it in and put a tin roof over it. I worked on my father.“After all this you deserve a TV,” I said. He said he knew what I was up to. Finally, after months of wheedling and begging, our mother surrendered and Dad brought home a TV. It was a Saturday afternoon. We closed the drapes and pulled down the shades while

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he plugged it in and jiggled with the rabbit ears. Slowly, the face of a woman emerged. “Hello again,” she said.“I’m Katherine Kitchen.” The picture was snowy but we were struck with wonder. We sat together on the rug, transfixed. Even our mother took a seat on the couch and watched while Katherine Kitchen waved a long fork and described the perfect lamb chop. Then Katherine Kitchen went to the oven and pulled out a plate piled with lamb chops, mashed potatoes and a fluffy black-and-white salad. How brilliant she was, I thought, to have prepared her results earlier.“Will you look at that?” our father said.“Isn’t that something?” So TV had come to stay. But not in the house. Our mother said it had to go out on the patio so it wouldn’t interfere with homework and family life. Our father got an extension cord, wound it through the door and out to the TV which now perched on an old coffee-table. It was autumn and we wore sweaters on the chillier nights and dragged our dinner-table chairs out to the lumpy patio. We made sure to bring the chairs back in lest Mom ban their use altogether. We continued to talk and giggle through dinner, and we still had family time, which often meant, for the young, prompt-

ing the Baby to toddle to others with elaborate insults, returning with equally vivid retorts. Hearing her innocent two-year old voice relaying shocking messages amused us for quite a while, but now, with TV waiting, we cut it short. Some got homework done earlier too, and made the evenings freer. Our father told us to bring out a chair for our mother, just in case. “We got a chair for you, Mom,” one of us would say. We put her chair up front because she was five feet tall. Sometimes she would stand at the door and watch for a few minutes, then shrug and walk away. She usually sat in her easy chair and read one of the murder mysteries she loved. One night murder came to the TV. A man with an overcoat and mask stalked the shadowy streets, stepping from behind doors and cars to stab people in the neck. It baffled the detectives. Mom came to her perch by the door. “We got a chair for you, Mom,” Sheila said. “It’s murder, Hon,” our father said. But she stayed by the door and watched until she nodded and made a satisfied half-smile. She already knew who the murderer was and why he did it. But in our house you didn’t tell because it was wrong to spoil the suspense. She returned to her book, wrote the murderer’s name on the back of a paper, tucked it in her pocket. And she was right. She was always right about murder. It was mid October now and the nights got chillier. We wore sweaters out to the screened-in porch. One night she stood by the door while we watched the George Gobel Show. During the commercial George Gobel held up a bar of Dial Soap and said, “Please use Dial Soap. It’s not that we think you’re dirty, we just want you to buy our soap.” A surprised laugh broke from her. Then she sighed and went to the chair we’d placed. I ran in and got her sweater, but it was George Gobel who did it—got her in the front row. Two days later the TV was in the living room, where it was warm and the furniture was cozy. For the first few weeks we’d watch anything, including commercials. Then the commercials became the

opportunity to ransack the kitchen for snacks and after a few more weeks we gathered only to watch our favorite shows. She loved the western, Have Gun, Will Travel, which featured a ruggedly handsome guy named Paladin. He rode around the West dispatching or regulating bad guys while quoting with marvelous aptness from literary masterpieces. We all liked Paladin (It’d have been disloyal not to), and Father Knows Best, Bonanza, Dragnet, The Honeymooners, and we loved Lucy. Everybody loved Lucy. At school one day I waited till the white bucks girls were near and said, loudly, to my friend, Jane, “Did you see Lucy last night? Soooo funny.” Jane said, “Why are you yelling?” The white bucks girls ignored us. But I knew they heard. In time we gathered before the TV for our favorites but returned to other activities when dud shows were on. For me the duds were The Beverly Hillbillies, Flipper, Gomer Pyle and Petticoat Junction. I abjured these programs but can’t remember why. Maybe they were too rural. On the other hand, we all loved the Andy Griffith Show and will still watch re-runs. TV is different now. Now we actually do have movies streamed into our houses, and multiple channels where producers, writers and actors work furiously cranking out stories for us to binge on. Screens are flat and huge and everything throbs in surround sound and brilliant color. I like all this though it’s not popular to say so. It’s always more approved etiquette to mourn the old days. Our mother grew to love certain shows, and in her final years she became addicted to Perry Mason reruns, a courtroom drama starring Raymond Burr. Like Perry, she was quick to figure things out and identified culprits early on. (She had these gifts as a parent too). But even Perry Mason couldn’t trump her number one show of all time, a program she never missed and watched with perfect contentment from her easy chair, legs propped on the footstool— Murder She Wrote. Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

Ballot measure program draws large crowd By Cherril Peabody

More than 100 people attended a ballot measure informational program on Saturday morning, Oct. 13, at Christ Community Church in Carmichael. McGeorge School of Law Professor Mary Beth Whelan brought a bevy of her students to present what they have learned about the pros and cons of the initiatives that voters are being asked to weigh in on as they complete their ballots for the coming election. The free program was sponsored by the Sacramento and CHAR (Citrus Heights/ American River) branches of AAUW (American Association of University Women), a nonprofit national organization that advocates for equity for women and girls. The first four propositions are bond issues, which would authorize the state to sell bonds to provide money for special public purposes, and that money is paid back with interest over a long period of time. Proposition 1 would authorize $4 billion in state bonds to fund much needed affordable housing and veterans home loans for low-income households. Opponents say the state already has too much bond debt, not enough units would be built, and the per unit cost would be too high, as much as $300,000. Proposition 2 is a little different, because it wouldn’t require a new bond but would allow money collected from a previous bond measure that hasn’t all been spent on the mental health services authorized by the measure to be used for housing for homeless mentally ill persons. Proponents say these people need housing, while opponents want all that money to be spent on mental health services. Proposition 3 would authorize $8.8 billion for various water and environmenValley Community Newspapers, Inc.

tal projects. Proponents argue that the money is needed to ensure safe drinking water, repair infrastructure, capture runoff and store groundwater. Opponents argue that reservoirs are what’s really needed and the issue does not provide funds for such projects. Proposition 4 would authorize the state to add $1.5 billion to revenue obtained from previous bonds to fund projects at children’s hospitals. Proponents assert that these projects will improve health care for critically-ill children. Opponents are concerned about state debt and that the beneficiaries of the proposed bond issue were the only funders for the proposition campaign. Proposition 5 would allow carrying over the 1970sera Proposition 13 property tax reduction to a new home. Current law requires property to be reappraised and reassessed when it is sold. Proponents say that senior citizens and disabled people can’t afford to move now because they would lose the tax break on their original home. However, passage of the law would seriously impact funding for local government, schools and other special districts. Proposition 6 would repeal the 12 cents a gallon additional gas tax that was approved by voters in the last election. It would also amend the state Constitution to require a 2/3 yes vote for all future fuel taxes. Proponents say that it is mostly low and middle-income people who are adversely affected by the tax and that any future gas tax proposals would have to be approved by a larger majority of voters. Repeal would cause the state to lose billions in tax revenues, and more than 6,500 current and planned transportation projects could lose funding, along with 68,000 projectrelated jobs. Amending the Constitution would make it

more difficult to secure funding for infrastructure projects in the future. Proposition 7 would allow the Legislature to update the California Government Code to reflect the required change in 1966 to conform to the national Uniform Time Act passed by Congress that standardized the starting and ending dates of Daylight Savings Time. It would also allow the Legislature to request year-round DST if it wished without a public vote of approval. Proponents say that it would allow the Legislature to amend the language to agree with Federal law and to take actions regarding the practice without requiring voter approval. Opponents say it wouldn’t really change anything except passage would let the Legislature change DST without voter approval. Proposition 8 would implement a cap on how much profit dialysis clinics could charge and require them to document patient care services. Currently the clinics can charge as much as they wish with little documentation on the services provided. Proponents say clinics will be cleaner and patients will receive better care because health services and improvements will have to be documented and inflated profit will be reduced. Opponents say it will cause clinics to go out of business as well as the insurance companies that cover private care because allowable costs do not include staff and other services that are required to run a clinic. Proposition 9, a proposal to divide California into three states, was removed from the ballot because the California Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. Proposition 10 would allow cities and counties to impose rent controls in their jurisdictions without the limits

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What’s NEW SACRAMENTO AREA ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Great news for those who live relatively close to central Sacramento! The Sacramento Country Dance Society is adding a second monthly English Country Dance, on the third Sunday afternoon of each month beginning October 21. Lovely hall and floor, easy parking, and on the American River Bike Trail. Come join to Camp Pollock, just 5 minutes from downtown/midtown Sacramento, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Each dance is preceded at 1:30 pm by an Introductory Workshop for newcomers. This is in addition to our long-running dance in Roseville that continues on the first Sunday afternoon of each month. Beginners welcome, no partners necessary, always live music. Details about both dances, including callers, music, locations, and date changes, can be found on our Web site: sactocds.org/ english-country-dance/

THURSDAY, NOV. 8, SATURDAY, NOV. 10 FALL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE AMERICAN RIVER: Come discover fall on the American River at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center with accomplished and local nature photographer, Jamieson Scott. The lecture will bring into focus how special the American River Parkway is and where to find seasonal nature photography opportunities. The group will also enjoy a guided field-study in the Nature Preserve. For the lecture, please bring your notebooks, questions, and recommendations for local photography opportunities. For the field day, please bring your cameras, specific questions, and laptops to process. About the Presenter: “If we hope to learn from our local natural communities and protect them as society rapidly develops, we must document and continually photograph them! I’ve cherished photographing the American River Parkway for the last decade and am excited to share that experience with you! I am published internationally and invite you view my latest

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SATURDAY, NOV. 10 SURPRISE! Enjoy beautiful fall day outdoors independently. Friends of the Riverbanks invites you to this monthly event, which generally meets on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. (note there are exceptions so check the calendar), at Sutter’s Landing Park at the VERY end of 28th Street in Sacramento. Bring water and sunblock, and a change of clothes for young ones who are sure to get sandy, muddy, and wet. Children under 13 must wear life jackets if they go into the water, per law. Leave your dogs at home and please bike, walk, or carpool if you can to keep our carbon footprint as small as possible. Directions: Head north on 28th Street, cross C Street and then the railroad tracks. Continue to the last parking lot where the park abuts the American River Parkway.

SATURDAY, NOV. 17 and SUNDAY, NOV. 18 CARMICHAEL LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Just like the squirrels who are gathering nuts for the winter months, it’s the perfect time to gather your books for the cold days ahead. Come see what treasures you may find at the Carmichael Library. There will be gently used books of all genre, movies, and music for purchase. Receive a 10 percent discount on your purchase if you are a Friend of the Library. If not, you can sign up to become a Friend. Then, get the discount plus a large book bag. All proceeds go towards the events and programs at the Carmichael Library. Saturday, No-

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SATURDAY, DEC. 1 PARTICIPATE IN 34RD ARNHA ANNUAL WILDLIFE COUNT: Friends of the Riverbanks invites you to this monthly event, which generally meets on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. (note there are exceptions so check the calendar), at Sutter’s Landing Park at the VERY end of 28th Street in Sacramento. Bring water and sunblock, and a change of clothes for young ones who are sure to get sandy, muddy, and wet. Children under 13 must wear life jackets if they go into the water, per law. Leave your dogs at home and please bike, walk, or carpool if you can to keep our carbon footprint as small as possible. Directions: Head north on 28th Street, cross C Street and then the railroad tracks. Continue to the last parking lot where the park abuts the American River Parkway.

SUNDAY, DEC. 9 SACRAMENTO SYMPHONIC WINDS, A 60-PIECE SYMPHONIC BAND, PRESENTS “… AND THE HEART REPLIES”: Bring the entire family to this extraordinary concert season entitled “… and the heart replies” at the new Rio Americano High School Center for the Arts. The Sacramento Symphonic Winds is a 60-piece adult symphonic band conducted by Music and Artistic Director Timothy M. Smith. The season will include James Sochinski’s epic Legend of Alcobaca, Frank Ticheli’s setting of Amazing Grace, Robert Jager’s inventive Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann (The Happy Farmer) plus clarinet soloist Robert Mitchell performing Black Dog by Scott McAllister, lyric baritone vocal soloist Omari Tau performing selections from Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, and our own trombone soloist Thomas Eckert performing Carnival of Venice by Herbert L. Clarke. Visit our <http://www.sacwinds.org> Date/Time: Sundays, December 9 (2018) and March 10 & May 5 (2019), 2:30 pm. at Rio Americano High School Center for the Arts, 4540 American River Drive. Tickets sold at the door: Children 10 and under Free; Student/ Senior (65+) $10; General $15. For more information, call 916-4892576 or visit www.sacwinds.org https:// www.google.com/maps/place/4540+Ameri can+River+Dr+95864

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young ones who are sure to get sandy, muddy, and wet. Children under 13 must wear life jackets if they go into the water, per law. Leave your dogs at home and please bike, walk, or carpool if you can to keep our carbon footprint as small as possible. Directions: Head north on 28th Street, cross C Street and then the railroad tracks. Continue to the last parking lot where the park abuts the American River Parkway.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2 DREAM VARIATIONS: A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Sacramento Youth Symphony presents a major community concert event celebrating the ongoing contributions by African-Americans to our country’s artistic landscape. Musical selections will include celebrated works by Duke Ellington, William Grant Still, Emmy Award-winning composer John Wineglass, and much more. An impressive roster of special guests will join the orchestra on-stage for this special event. Some of our guests include: Emcee-Omari Tau; Speaker-Courtney Dempsey; Guest Artists-Jay Mason, Chase Spruill 4th, Indigo Moore, Julian Dixon, Leslie Sandefur, & Sheryl Counter. Tickets: General $25, Students/Children/Seniors $20. For more information, visit www.sacramentoyouthsymphony.org

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 SACRAMENTO SYMPHONIC WINDS, A 60-PIECE SYMPHONIC BAND, PRESENTS “… AND THE HEART REPLIES”: Bring the entire family to this extraordinary concert season entitled “… and the heart replies” at the new Rio Americano High School Center for the Arts. The Sacramento Symphonic Winds is a 60-piece adult symphonic band conducted by Music and Artistic Director Timothy M. Smith. The season will include James Sochinski’s epic Legend of Alcobaca, Frank Ticheli’s setting of Amazing Grace, Robert Jager’s inventive Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann (The Happy Farmer) plus clarinet soloist Robert Mitchell performing Black Dog by Scott McAllister, lyric baritone vocal soloist Omari Tau performing selections from Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, and our own trombone soloist Thomas Eckert performing Carnival of Venice by Herbert L. Clarke. Visit our <http://www.sacwinds.org> Date/Time: Sundays, March 10 & May 5 (2019), 2:30 pm. at Rio Americano High School Center for the Arts, 4540 American River Drive. Tickets sold at the door: Children 10 and under Free; Student/ Senior (65+) $10; General $15. For more information, call 916-489-2576 or visit www. sacwinds.org https://www.google.com/ maps/place/4540+American+River+Dr +95864

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Sacramento Potter’s Group “Art by Fire Fall Show” Will Take Place in McKinley Park By Jan Dalske

The Sacramento’s Potter Group (SPG) is presenting an “Art by Fire Premier Exhibit and Sale” in McKinley Park. It will take place in the Shepard Garden and Art Center. This fun one day event will take place on Saturday, October 27th. Doors will open at 10 am and close at 4 pm. This event is free to the public. Over twenty five exhibitors will be displaying their work for sale. They will have ceramics/hot glass. Membership in the Sacramento’s Potter Group includes local Sacramento artists, members from the Sierra Foothills, the East Bay, the Yuba/

Chico area and the North San Joaquin Valley. You will be able to see the broad range of talent in this group. While you are there, pick up a set of plates for a luncheon or dinner party. You can select a dichroic glass necklace that sparkles. Maybe you will be enchanted with a sculpture that intrigues you. You can purchase a spectacular Raku Vase or a one of a kind coffee mug. Their website is: www.artbyfire.org There will be a cooking demonstration by Eric Struck from 11:30 to 12:30pm. He will show attendees how to use his specially formulated flame ware.

There will also be throwing demonstrations on the potter’s wheel throughout the day. The SPG Art by Fire was started in the 1970’s with a core group of full-time potters. Currently their members range from full-time clay, hot glass, and hot metal to committed part-time artists. They create functional art, and unique creations that will add beauty to your life. Their handmade jewelry can be created just for you and your taste. Their handmade blown glass is created with a touch of beauty. Sonya (Peterson) Schumacher first arrived in Sacramento in the 1990’s as a

young, aspiring ceramic artist. She had just completed her B.A. in Studio Art at Humboldt State in December of 1989. She was focused on getting a body of work together to show, and she took a job as an assistant at Clouds Porcelain in Folsom. That is where she met her husband-to-be, Bob Schumacher. He was a member of the Sacramento Potters’ Group (SPG) as it was known in the 90’s. (Now known as Art by Fire). Sonya was serving as the president and was an active member then. Sonya and Bob were both active members until about the early 2000’s. Then, in 2014 she

rejoined the group, and soon was on the board. Her mission as well as the current board’s mission has been to get new younger members who are active ceramic/hot glass artist to join, and also active artists who may have fallen off the membership roster who are local active artists. Members of the Sacramento Potter’s Group that will be attending the showing include: Sandy Feder, Dania Lukey, Sonya (Peterson) Schumacher, Sean Bill, Sharon Bellomo, Gerilyn Maslowski, Sherron Totter, Glenda Burns, Don Jower, Connie Chadwick and many more to be announced.

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Chautauqua Playhouse presents the drama, “The Elephant Man”, by Bernard Pomerance. The show will run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p,m, through Nov. 18. The performances are held at the Chautauqua Playhouse, 5325 Engle Road in the La Sierra Community Center in Carmichael. Admission is $21 for general tickets, $19 for seniors/students and SARTA members. Premium seating is an additional dollar. Tickets at the door are general pricing. This Tony Award winning play tells the true life tale of Joseph Merrick whose severe Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

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