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EN &P C
JANUARY 2015
HOT TUNA
SESKIN, HENRY, CAROTHERS
JENNIFER STUMM
AUBU RN SYMP HO NY
ROBERT BURNS DINNER
NUGGET FRINGE FESTIVAL
TAHOE SNOWSHOE ADVENTURES
THIS ISSUE
Live broadcasts add twistto cinema fare
A MORNING AT
THE OPERA
THEATER ART WINE DINING MUSIC EVENTS
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MASTERWORKS II: High SpiritsChristina Mok,violinProkofiev: Lieutenant Kije SuiteMendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Temesby Carl Maria von Weber
Placer High School AuditoriumSaturday, January 24, 2015 7:30pmSunday, January 25, 2015 3:00pm
TO GET TICKETS
Peter Jaffe, Music Director and Conductor
530.823.6683Auburn Symphony
auburnsymphony.com
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In This Issue...
on the cover
06 SOPHISTICATED CINEMALive entertainment on the big screen
08 CHRISTINA MOKA Symphony of High Spirits
12 HOT TUNA IN THE HOUSEVeteran rockers cool as ever
14 JENNIFER STUMMSierra welcomes musical innovator
16 NUGGET FRINGE FESTIVALPerformance art lives on the edge
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ALL THINGS SCOTTISHPoets admirers are plaid all over
PACIFIC STREET CAFEA Taste of Home Along the Rails
TAHOE ADVENTURE COMPANYWhere snowshoes meet stargazing
A-1 COMICS IN ROSEVILLEHas Plenty to Marvel at
TAJ OVENSpices Roseville Up
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SESKIN, HENRY, CAROTHERSSongwriting trio to sing, play, teach
LONE BUFFALO VINEYARDSWineries Master Warm Notes
CALENDAR OF EVENTSMusic, Theater, Movies, Events
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VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1
JANUARY 2015
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Paul Cambra
Deleste Magda
Andrew WestropeScott Thomas Anderson
Eileen Wilson
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Rene Fleming stars as the beguiling woman who captivates all of Paris inLehrs enchanting operetta, The Merry Widow, seen in a new staging byBroadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman.
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Live on ScreenDIGITAL AGE BRINGS ALTERNATIVE CONTENT TO THE LOCAL THEATER
By Paul Cambra | Foothills Entertainer
OK, so maybe the name National Theatre Liveis a bit misleading. When Robert Louis Ste-vensons tale of murder, money and mutiny
is brought to life on the London stage, the TreasureIsland you will be viewing was actually taped froman earlier performance.
Few people can come at 11 a.m. on a Thursdaywhen they are broadcast it live via satellite, saidAzriel LaMarca, special events coordinator for Sierra
Theaters. We record them and then show themthat evening.
LaMarca programs all of the live events, or whatthey call in the movie business alternative con-tent. In addition to National Theatre Live, whichis shown monthly at the Sierra Cinemas in Grass
Valley, they also screen live performances of the Bol-
shoi Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera, the latter ofwhich is screened at the Del Oro Theatre.
It all came about when we converted the theatersto digital production in 2009, LaMarca said. Be-fore that we were using lm projectors. The digitalrevolution allowed us to bring live broadcasts to thetheater.
It started with the opera, or at least their attempts
to get it, as only a limited number of contracts arehanded out. While they were waiting, they procuredthe rights to run National Theatre Live. Most of theperformances are edgy, adult-themed material,but this month its family-friendly fare with TreasureIsland.
Its been really wonderful, said LaMarca, who likeher husband, studied theater in college. Without
fail the productions are outstanding.
Then last year came the Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow(the Metropolitan Opera arrived in 2011).
Its a new series for us, she said. Weve had acouple of showings and they are all just terric.They are lmed really beautifully, you really feel likeyou are there. You get up close to the performersand you hear the sounds of the audience. Its a real
immersive experience.
This month you can see Swan Lakeon the bigscreen. As for opera, there are two in January, TheMerry Widowand Les Contes dHoffman. And com-ing in February, in addition to the three alternativeprograms, they will also screen The Vatican Muse-ums 3D, an inside tour of the Sistine Chapel and the
Vatican Museums.
NEVADA THEATRE FILM SERIES
Pelican Dreams rated GWhen:7 p.m. Friday, Saturday,Sunday, Jan. 2-4
Glen Campbell: Ill Be Me rated PGWhen:7 p.m. Friday, Saturday,Sunday, Jan. 9-11
Wild & Scenic Film Festival,winners and highlights
When:7 p.m. Sunday andMonday, Jan. 18-19
Force Majeure rated RWhen:7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25
Where:Nevada Theatre, 401Broad St., Nevada CityTickets: $8 general, $7 seniorsand children 12 and under
With Tchaikovskys famous, lyrical score, Swan Lake depicts the tragic love between Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried, asperformed by Russias renowned Bolshoi Ballet. It is a universal and enchanting masterpiece of love, deception and drama.
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ARTSY AND UNUSUAL
For LaMarca, movie theaters are a family business.
Her parents own and her husband manages the Si-erra Cinemas, Sutton Cinemas and Del Oro Theatre.Mike and Barbra Getz opened the Sierra Cinema in1989, took over the Sutton Theater in 2001 and theDel Oro in 2003.
But youd have to go back to 1979 to nd MikeGetzs rst foray into the local movie scene. It wasthen that he started the Nevada Theatre Film Series,which takes place every Sunday night in NevadaCity. Thirty-ve years later, hes still bringing inde-pendent, foreign and unusual lms to the area.
I enjoy giving people the opportunity to see someunusual stuff; for me thats a real pleasure, Getzsaid. I love movies. I love going to the movies. Idont watch them on my computer or my phone. Ilike the experience of watching them with strang-ers in a dark room. Its old fashioned but its reallymagical for me.
Getz chooses all of the lms himself. If you do themath one a week for 35 years thats more than1,800 lms that people might otherwise not havehad a chance to see.
A lot of those lms have limited appeal, Getzsaid. They are more artsy lms, independent lms,out of the Hollywood mainstream. When we comeacross one that seems like it has audience potentialwell get it.
So after 35 years he thinks he has a pretty goodidea of what an audience will like. But in truth, they
only have to appeal to one person.
Sometimes I just play movies I like, he said. Idont care if nobody else likes them or not. I thinkthey deserve to be shown.
This month at the Nevada Theatre you can see Pel-ican Dreams, Glen Campbell: Ill Be Me and ForceMajeure.
Pelican Dreams is a special movie for me. Thewoman that made it, Judy Irving, she made TheWild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. She actually came totown and was at the theater when we introducedthat movie to a local audience and she spoke aboutit. It was a real nice evening and we are very excitedto bring her back.
The Glen Campbell documentary chronicles thesingers ve-week goodbye tour that turned into150 performances and how he dealt with havingAlzheimers disease.
Force Majeuer is a Swedish lm thats gotten somemention as one of the better foreign movies of theyear.
To be able to do it for 35 years, there hasnt beenone highlight, just one long continuous programof stimulation and provocative thinking and visualbeauty, he said. And I am glad to be doing it.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
TREASURE ISLAND
When:7:15 p.m. Thurs, Jan. 22Where:Sierra Cinemas, 840-CEast Main St., Grass ValleyTickets:$18 Adult, $15 Senior 62and over, $7 children under 12
METROPOLITAN OPERA
THE MERRY WIDOWWhen:9:55 a.m. Saturday,January 17
LES CONTES DHOFFMAN
When:9:55 a.m. Saturday,January 31Where: Del Oro Theatre, 165 MillSt., Grass ValleyTickets: $18 Adult, $15 Senior 62and over, $7 children under 12
BOLSHOI BALLET SWAN LAKE
When:1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25Where:Sierra Cinemas, 840-CEast Main St., Grass ValleyTickets: $18 Adult, $15 Senior 62and over, $7 children under 12
THE VATICAN MUSEUMS 3D
When:7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.4; 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7
Where:Del Oro Theatre, 165 MillSt., Grass ValleyTickets:$10
The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the title role of the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer in the Metskaleidoscopic production of Offenbachs energetic, operatic masterpiece.
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By Deleste Magda | Foothills Entertainer
A
symphony of sound can induce a melding ofsouls; where ones soul plays the keys andtheir heart keeps the beat.
Theres just this incredible ethos, this incrediblegroup telepathy of spirit, if you will, said MaestroPeter Jaffe, conductor of the Auburn Symphony.Its a group spirit that you can feel, and it has to dowith reaction, timing, it has to do with enthusiasm,it has to do with heart and soul. Theres somethingthat I nd quite compelling about the fact that just
about everybody in the Auburn Symphony is doingit purely and ultimately purely out of the loveof music, period.
The Masterworks II High Spirits performancewill include Prokoevs Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op.60, a whimsical and satirical piece that detailsthe delightful courtship and military exploits of actional hero, according to Jaffe.
The concert will also include Mendelssohns ViolinConcerto in E minor, Op. 64 and Hindemiths
of high spiritsA SYMPHONY
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by CarlMaria von Weber, which is a bold and rollickingorchestral adventure, full of infectious rhythmicdrive.
Jaffe, the son of two musicians, said his musicalexperience began when he was a young boy. Hismother loved classical music and his father enjoyedboth classical and folk music he even has a guitarowned by Woody Guthrie.
When I was growing up, in my household I might
VIOLINIST CHRISTINA MOK TO VISIT AUBURN AS
FEATURED SOLOIST
PROGRAM
Prokofievs LieutenantKije Suite, op. 60
Mendelssohns Violinconcerto in E minor,op. 64 with violinistChristina Mok (right)
HindemithsSymphonicMetamorphosis ofThemes by Carl Mariavon Weber
Courtesy photo
The Auburn Symphony Masterworks II concert,High Spirits, features works by Prokofiev, Men-delssohn and Hindemith.
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HIGH SPIRITS
Auburn Symphony Masterwks II
When:7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25
Where: Placer High School Auditorium, 123 Agard St. in Auburn
Cost:$20-$45
Info: (530) 823-6683, auburnsymphony.com
hear in the same day an old Dust Bowl ballad fromthe folk music scene and a Mendelssohn concerto,Jaffe said.
That diversity stayed with him into his teen years,when he played both classical violin and electricorgan in a rock band. He played violin and viola foryears before turning to the world of conducting.Jaffe was in the fellowship program at Aspen andseminar program at Tanglewood, in Massachusetts,where he was coached briey by Leonard
Bernstein. Jaffe holds a doctorate in conductingfrom Stanford University, where he studied underAndor Toth.
Guest soloist, Christina Mok is promised tospellbind Auburn with her vir tuosic violintalents during this concert. She is currently theConcertmaster of the Stockton Symphony andthe Monterey Symphony and the AssociateConcertmaster of Symphony Silicon Valley.
Acclaimed for her superlative technique and
enormous artistry, Mok is said to be a versatileviolinist who excels in all periods of the classicalmusic tradition. She is intimate with a wide-rangingrepertoire, equally at home with the works of
Vivaldi, Mozar t, Brahms and the 20th centurymasters.
Shell be performing Mendelssohns ViolinConcerto in E minor, which is one of the mostbeloved violin concertos of all time, said RobHaswell, symphony business manager. We are veryfortunate to have her as our guest soloist.
Photo by Keith Sutter
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45-YEAR-OLD TUNA
Youd think it would be enough to be a member ofthe band that released Surrealistic Pillow, the seminalpsychedelic album that spawned a generation of mind-
bending music and produced two top-10 hits. But not forJack Casady. Sure, he enjoyed playing bass for the JeffersonAirplane. But musically, there was more out there to discover,and in bandmate Jorma Kaukonen who he knew fromtheir teenage days in Washington, D.C. he had a willing
accomplice.Its because we are people before the band, Casady said.We were young and learning our craft and we were interestedin the kind of music that didnt t into the format of theJefferson Airplane.
The duo formed Hot Tuna in 1969, during a break in theAirplanes touring schedule, and other than a brief three-yearhiatus in the late 70s, have been at it ever since.
Jormas nger-picking guitar style was very complete, likeplaying two hands on a piano, Casady said. It has a melodyand rhythm and partial chords going on; its like listening toan entire piece. With the foundation of Jorma, I was able toexpand the role of the bass, do more melodic work. We founda unique sound making music that way.
Their early work, he said, was heavily inuenced by Piedmont-style blues and folk what today might be referred to as
Americana and had no connection with the psychedelic era.
Thats a term that conjures up a lot of insane images forpeople but there were a lot of things going on in the music andarts community in those times, he said.
Casady and Kaukonens tenure with the Jefferson Airplanelasted from 1965-72. By that time, Hot Tuna was already intoits third incarnation. Over the years theyve added drums,
Casady, Kaukonen
ACOUSTICDUO
TO PLAY IN GRASS VALLEY
- Jack Casady
By Deleste Magda | Foothills Entertainer
The fact that
we still respectthe music wemake. We
respect thatindividual
nights music.
Its still excitingto be on stage.
Its just anacoustic guitarand a bass and
we are very
exposed.
Jorma Kaukonen, left, and Jack Casady are Hot Tuna. The duo will play a sold out acoustic show at The Center for the Arts.
Photo by Scotty Hall
STILL A HOT TICKET
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STILL AHOT TICKET
then and NOW
Hot Tuna Acoustic Duo
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday,January 4
Where: Center for the Arts,314 W. Main St., Grass Valley
Tickets: $45 members,
$55 non membersInfo: 530-274-8384 ext. 14,thecenterforthearts.org
keyboards, harmonicas and ddles; and spent a good amountof time as a heavy metal band before circling back to theiracoustic roots. While Hot Tuna is currently a four-piece band, itwill be just Casady and Kaukonen coming to The Center for theArts.
Its the core unit you are going to see, Casady said. Its thepurest form, pretty much developed in hotel rooms as the dayswent by.
Casady, who lives in Los Angeles, spends a lot of time insoutheast Ohio, at Kaukonens Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp,which hosts weekend workshops for guitarists and recruits a lotof accomplished musicians to teach, including Casady. Theyplayed 72 shows last year, culminating in a New Years Eve gigin Portlands Alladin Theater. From there theyll head down toGrass Valley, but not before taking the stage at San Franciscoslegendary Fillmore.
We were one of the rst bands to play the Fillmore and workwith Bill Graham, Casady said. It will be interesting playingthere again. I am sure there will be many memories.
The band released Live at the Fi llmore West: 3rd July 1971this year. Their most recent studio album, Steady as She Goes,came out in 2011. The Center for the Arts show is sold out, butthose who were lucky enough to get tickets can look forward to
an intimate experienceWhat I enjoy and like best is still valid after all these years,Casady said. The fact that we still respect the music we make.We respect that individual nights music. Its still exciting tobe on stage. Its just an acoustic guitar and a bass and weare very exposed. Our music lets people into a very intimatearea of communication, not obscured by a lot of other noiseconnected around it. Its a very intense, quiet experience.
Courtesy photo
Hot Tuna plays New York Citys Palladium circa 1977
Photo by Barry Berenson
Its the core unit you are going to see, Casady said. Its the purest form, pretty much developed in hotelrooms as the days went by, said Jack Casady (left).
V il !
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By Paul Cambra | Foothills Entertainer
Its theViola
Voila!
JENNIFER STUMMPLAYS SECOND FIDDLE TO NONE
Its known as the middle voice of the violin family. Itsslightly larger than a violin with a deeper sound, andtuned a full octave above the cello.
Its the viola, and if youre thinking thats an awfully
big violin shes playing, well, its time you learned thedifference.
Jennifer Stumm, who holds a Master of Music degreefrom the Julliard School, became the first viola playerto win first prize of the Concert Artist Guild Internation-al Auditions in New York. She will be in Grass Valley onJan. 18 to perform for InConcert Sierra.
We spoke with Stumm, 34, from her home in London,where she is currently International Chair of Viola Stud-ies at the Royal College of Music.
YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN ATLANTA. HOW
OFTEN DO YOU MAKE IT BACK TO THE STATES?
I tour the states five or six times a year. I catch up withmy family when Im there.
HOW DID YOU CHOOSE THE VIOLA?
In the 3rd grade a group of older students came inand introduced us to the symphony orchestra instru-ments. Legend has it that I came home that day andtold my mom that I was going to play the viola. What I
JENNIFER STUMM PROGRAM
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JENNIFER STUMM PROGRAM
Internationally recognized as a musicalinnovator and advocate for her instrument,violist Jennifer Stumm is a winner ofthree competitions and a graduate of theJuilliard School of Music.
Photos by Angela Morris
think really happened was the student playing the violaplayed the theme from Looney Tunes so I thought thathas got to be the most fun instrument to play.
YOUVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF THE
VIOLAS OWN IDENTITY AS AN INSTRUMENT DIS-
TINCT FROM THE VIOLIN. HOW DIFFERENT ARE
THEY?
Its a distinct instrument, older historically than theviolin. A lot of times I am commissioning pieces fromcomposers written for the viola.
YOUVE PLAYED OR STUDIED IN GENEVA, AM-
STERDAM, SCOTLAND, PANAMA AND PRUSSIA
COVE, AMONG OTHER LOCALES. DID YOU EVER
THINK YOU WOULD SEE SO MUCH OF THE
WORLD BECAUSE OF THE INSTRUMENT?
I definitely think I am really lucky for it. When I startedin music I was not aware that it could lead to this but
I definitely got the travel bug; its something I reallylove.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO PREPARE FOR AND THEN
PERFORM IN ONE OF THESE COMPETITIONS?
In general, every time I did one it took one year off ofmy life. Certainly they were very helpful to my careerbut they are a very unnatural situation. You are notexactly performing in the way you normally would. ButI have no regrets.
WHAT WAS MORE FUN, PLAYING CARNEGIE
HALL OR THE KENNEDY CENTER?
Both were amazing experiences. The Kennedy Centerwas really special because a lot of my family was atthat debut.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE COMPOSER?
No, I couldnt pick one. There are a lot of composers
that I love. But the variety is the best part of what I getto do in terms of travel and music.
WHAT ABOUT A FAVORITE PIECE OF MUSIC TO
PLAY?
No, again, there are pieces I love to play. The oneI will be doing in Grass Valley, Harold in Italy; its theonly piece I know where the soloist plays a character.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO PERFORM? INA QUARTET OR SEXTET, OR WITH FULL ORCHES-
TRA?
I love being a soloist with an orchestra; that amazingfeeling of the huge machine behind you. But chambermusic is a big part of my life. I started a chamber musicfestival of my own in Brazil called Illumina. Well bringinternational soloists to Brazil. We also have a programthat identifies 20 talented young Brazilian musiciansand helps them find the next level in their careers.Most are poor but theyre united in music education.
When:2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18Where: Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889Osborne Hill Road, Grass ValleyTickets: $32, (youth 5-17 free with adult)Info:(530) 273-3990, inconcertsierra.org
Jennifer Stumm, viola
Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Mrchenbilder, Op. 113, I. NichtSchnell, Robert Schumann
Harold in Italy, Op. 16, I. Harold inthe mountains, Hector Berlioz
Romance Oublie, Op. 113, I.Nicht Schnell, Franz Liszt
Harold in Italy, Op. 16, II. Marchof the pilgrims, Hector Berlioz
Oh! Quand je dors, Franz Liszt
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If the purpose of this is toattract wider audiences, whythen only sell nine tickets to
a performance? You might wantto ask Scott Ewing, whose play,Extent Devised is devised to playto an audience of exactly ninepeople.
Extent Devisedis 85 percentaudience participation, Ewingsaid. Only nine people per
performance. Before you walk inyou get a number, you nd thatnumbered seat and a man withdifferent size hourglasses on a ta-ble. Nine questions are answeredanonymously and thus, it begins.On the table are nine additionalquestions. Through prose wegure out how we are all interre-lated and interconnected.
Ewing is the artistic director forQuest Theaterworks, and themain force behind the NuggetFringe Festival. While it is beingproduced by Quest this year, hishope is that it will become its ownthing.
Fringe is a place for new andexciting, off-the-wall, esotericand otherwise non-commercialworks to have a forum where they
might not otherwise see the lightof day, he said. There are twoforeign models, Edinburgh andCanada. The one in Scotland has3,200 productions and 30,000performances over three weeks.
He points out that productionsare not required to be off-the-wall. In Scotland, there were threeseparate productions of OurTownand all had a different take
on it.Its unvetted, he said. If some-one wants to come in and doSouth Pacificthey can certainlydo that. Whatever somebodywants to bring forward.
HERES LOOK AT WHAT THEYHAVE LINED UP SO FAR
White Rabbit Red Rabbit: Norehearsal, no director and adifferent actor each night. Thescript, by Iranian writer NassimSoleimanpour, waits in a sealedenvelope on stage.
Bastard Blessed Child: Ew-ings solo performance is a re-vealing, touching and humorouspersonal narrative of his rst 18years.
An Intimate Evening with DeathHerself: Written and performedby Douglas Truth, a middle-agedwaitress named Dorothy meetsan old, unhappy, and ready-for-change guy in a bar. Turns out heis Death, Himself.
Extent Devised:Part gameshow, part solo performance, anaudience of nine people explorewhat it is to be alive and perhaps
even discover the secret of theuniverse.
Glorious Garbage ... GoodGrief: Damiian Mario Lang re-turns to the Nevada County stagewith true stories of whats in thelost and found, or as Lang outs it,a grief cake with funny, insightfullayers and transformative frosting.
Fortunately the Milk: NeilGaimans bestselling story of timetravel and breakfast cereal.
On Yonder Hill: An Irish-Ameri-can Love Story: Funny, poignant,romantic and lyrical, Mark Lyonsstory of an Irish tenor from theearly 1900s, on temporary leavefrom heaven.
My Colors Deepen: Melina K.Marley reads from her new book.
HOPES TO FIND GOLDEN NUGGET
And now for somethingcompletely different
Scott Ewing is theartistic director at Quest
Theaterworks and his wifeLois is the managing producer.
Fringe FestivalMonologues from the HumanityFront: A collection of mono-logues exploring the humancondition.
Healthy Humor/Clean Stand-up: Ganga aka Barry Stukinsupbeat take on everyday circum-stances.
So there you have it. The Nug-get Fringe Festival wants to behome to new, eclectic, edgy orotherwise non-mainstream worksfrom local artists and from aroundthe world. Youre not going tosee them on Broadway. Youreprobably not going to see themoff-Broadway. Maybe off-off-Broadway.
The point of doing it is to lightan avenue for artists to get theirwork out there and get an expe-rience with an audience, Ewing
said. What I hope to get out ofit is an expansion of the alreadydiverse and gargantuan selectionof art in Nevada County. I hopeis that the inaugural festival issizable, with about 10-15 showsand 70 performances over 10days. Well eventually becomea larger festival, on par with theWild and Scenic Film Festivaland bring in people from all overthe world.
Ewing said that 27 years ago hesaw a play in a VW Beetle withan audience of two. His wife tookin a play performed just for herin Scotland. They cant promisepersonal performances at theNugget Fringe Festival, but ifyoure looking for an intimateaudience of less than 10, well,they just might be able to helpyou out.
By Paul Cambra | Foothills Entertainer
When: Jan.29 to Feb. 8
Where: Various venues in Nevada County
Tickets: $10 a performance
Info:(530) 366-5888, questtheaterworks.com
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It is quite stirring, Cherry said. But he was not anuppity type of person. In that day you didnt make a lot ofmoney being a songwriter or a poet.
The songwriter in him produced Auld Lang Syne. But thatsong has already been sung this year. On this night, itsthe Ode to Haggis that sets the souls a stirring.
We have someone say it in the original Scots tongue,Cherry said. I only know one person who is procientenough to speak it. I can understand it but I cant speakit.
Originally an all-male event, now it is denitely enjoyedby both genders. Because of this, there are toasts to bothlassies and ladies, as well as the annual Immortal MemoryAddress to Burns.
The concept is mildly sardonic, very tongue in cheek,Cherry said. It is never supposed to be insulting, butgentle ribbing is OK. It can be whatever; there are noground rules.
Of course, it wouldnt be a Scottish gathering without acertain amount of bagpiping going on, and this event doesnot disappoint.
They say a bad bagpiper sounds like someonestrangling a cat, Cherry said, and a good bagpiper
sounds like someone gently strangling acat. I am into all things Celtic and I lovethe bagpipes but if you heard me playthem you would ee.
No cats will be harmed in the post-meal concert, when Celtic duo Men ofWorth entertain. Attire is semi-formal, andkilts, well, wear em if you got em. There are 150members in Gold Country Celtic Society and theStone Hall at Miners Foundry accommodates220. Needless to say, they sell out everyyear, with some coming all the way from SanFrancisco to attend.
Cherry, who says hes as much Irish andEnglish as he is Scottish (theres even a weebit of German in there, or as they called itduring World War II, Pennsylvania Dutch)lived on the Isle of Man for ve years. Heattended the Robert Burns dinner whilethere.
They had better haggis but our event isgrander, he said.
Therell be bagpipes aplenty at the Robert Burns Dinner
Really, you dont have to eat the haggis.
Sure, a purist might say why bother coming to adinner honoring Robert Burns the 18th century
poet laureate of Scotland who wrote an ode to thecommon mans fare if youre not going to sample thepride of Gaelic gastronomists?
But not everyone has the stomach of a crofter. For those,there will be an elegant dinner prepared by chef AntonioAyasteran that will have nothing to do with a sheepsheart, liver, lungs, kidney or stomach.
Welcome to 24th annual Robert Burns Dinner andConcert, put on by the Gold Country Celtic Society, wherewee drams of single-malt Scotch whisky can toast justabout anything.
The rst Burns night was held in Scotland within veyears of his death in 1796, said Ron Cherry, Chief ofthe Gold Country Celtic Society. It started out on theanniversary of his death but that was thought a bit toomacabre so they changed it to the anniversary of his birth.It is celebrated worldwide by those of Scottish descent or
just those who enjoy a Scottish party. Its not exclusive inany way.
Festivities include the Playing of the Pipes, the Offeringsof Haggis, the Toast to the Lassies and Lads, and theImmortal Memory Address to Burns.
Robert Burns poetry was written in Scots tongue, acombination of Norse, Anglo Saxon, Gaelic and a littleFlemish, Cherry said. It was the language of thecommon people. He was an educated man and could
have written it in proper English but he chose to speak tothe common people.
When:5:30 p.m. Saturday,January 24
Where: Miners Foundry, 325Spring St., Nevada City
Tickets: $55 for Gold CountryCeltic Society members, $60for non members
Info:(530) 274-0185.
By Paul Cambra | Foothills Entertainer
Ron Cherry mans the Brigadoon Arms, serving the water of life(Scotch Whisky) and other libations at the Robert Burns Dinner.
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By Paul Cambra | Foothills Entertainer
Craig and Steve write songs together. Don and Craig write songstogether. Steve and Don havent written a song together. Notthat they couldnt. They just havent. But you can write a song
with any one of them at their songwriters workshop on Jan. 17.
Not a songwriter? Then just come to hear them play that evening atthe State Theatre in Auburn.
HES A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY
What you are going to hear are a lot of songs that were collaborat-ed with at least two of us, said Steve Seskin. And we know a lot ofeach others songs. Theres a lot of spontaneity in our show, we endup coming off like a little band. We dont rehearse a lot, just over thecourse of getting together.
The little band has played 10-15 dates in the Bay Area every Jan-uary for the past 12 years or so. When they are not playing togetherthey are touring on their own, teaching, producing and writing, mostof which is done in Nashville.
I mainly go there to collaborate because I have certain liaisons withpeople that live there, said Seskin, who splits his time between thereand Richmond, Calif. It seems like hardly anybody writes songs bythemselves in Nashville. Its usually two people, sometimes three,choosing to write with each other. They decide their two heads arebetter than one. Not all two heads are better though. Song collabora-tion is an interesting dance. Its a little like dating; it doesnt always gowell.
In his 30-year career, Steve Seskin, who calls himself a songwrit-er-singer, has had his tunes recorded by Kenny Chesney, WaylonJennings and Tim McGraw. But even then he doesnt consider himselfa country songwriter.
I didnt grow up listening to country at all so I wouldnt say I writegut-bucket country or rogue Luke Bryan-meets-Jason Aldean stuff,he said. Im the king of the hybrid. Theres a couple of pop artists Iwrote songs for, young artists who are denitely not country whatso-ever.
He co-wrote Dont Laugh at Me, a song recorded by Peter, Pauland Mary and turned into an anti-bullying school curriculum. About80 times a year hell lead a school assembly program where he writessongs with kids.
In eight years I have written about 350 songs with kids, he said.The ulterior motive is the songs we write together are always aboutkindness and respect and achievement. Its totally message driven.
THE RELUCTANT JUGGLER
Craig Carothers, originally from Portland, Ore., has lived in Nashvillefor 14 years. Both of his parents were public school music teachers, sohis music education basically began at birth.
If I tell you Im a singer-songwriter I havent told you anything,Carothers said. Modern pop? Cole Porter, Joni Mitchell, Paul Mc-Cartney, Muddy Waters, they are all singer-songwriters. Pop doesntdescribe anything.
He pegs his sound at somewhere between Sheryl Crow and RichardThompson. Not folk and also not country.
Ive had cuts recorded by fringe country people, he said. Its actual-ly misleading to think what I do is country.
Nevertheless, his song Little Hercules earned a gold record for Tri-sha Yearwood in 1995. That, he said, was a good entry point into theindustry and it opened the door to meeting people. Five years later,he moved to Nashville, met Steve and Don and began collaboratingwith each of them.
Writing with someone is very unpredictable, he said. It could be agreat friend or someone who I think is brilliant but I cant write a songwith them. Then there are some people that I wouldnt want to meetfor coffee that I write goods songs with. When Steve and I co-write Iam the reluctant juggler. I can wait around all day waiting for a song tocome to me. He comes in and starts bouncing balls off your head andyou throw them back at him and before you know it youre jugglingtoo.
TRIO OF SONGWRITERS IN TOWN TO PLAY CONCERT, LEAD WORKSHOP
Even though his song LittleHercules earned a gold recordfor Trisha Yearwood, CraigCarothers said its misleading tothink what he does is country.He pegs his sound at somewherebetween Sheryl Crow and RichardThompson.
Don Henry, left, Steve Seskinand Craig Carothers will
perform at the State Theatreon Jan. 17. Earlier that day
they will hold a songwritingworkshop where they talk about
lyric writing, melody writing,inspiration, collaboration and
point of view.
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CHOMPING AT THE BIT
Don Henry was born in San Jose, raised in Morgan Hillbut had his sights set on Nashville before he was oldenough to drive there.
At the time it was the only songwriting Mecca you couldgo to with an acoustic guitar, Henry said.
Henry had been writing poems since he was 7 years old,nally picking up a guitar at age 12 so he could set themto music. His father, a Bay Area musician, sat him downone night before he headed out to a gig.
He said to me, Mom said youve been writing songs.Would you feel comfortable playing one for me? Henrysaid. So I did and I remember he looked straight into myeyes and said, You know, there are people who do thatfor a living. So I made up my mind right then and thereand all through junior high and high school I was chomp-ing at the bit to move to Nashville.
He did, and because his father had a couple of con-nections, he was introduced to Pete Drake and SonnyThrockmorton who happened to be the hot songwriters inNashville at the time.
So I had my foot in the door at age 19, he said. I wasstill a kid who had to learn how to write a song.
Bobby Braddock, who wrote D-I-V-O-R-C-E for TammyWynette and He Stopped Loving Her Today, took himunder his wing.
Of all the songwriters that have inuenced me, from theSherman Brothers to the Beatles to Motown, Bobby Brad-dock taught me the most about how to write, he said.
He worked for 25 years as a staff writer for Tree Publish-ing, then Warner Chappell, before heading out on hisown. His songs have been recorded by the likes of Ray
Charles, B.J. Thomas and Blake Shelton. But it was hisconnection to the Bay Area that prompted Steve Seskin tocall him and invite him out to play.
The rst night we all got together, Craig made me laughso hard, Henry said. He had a great attitude and a bigsmile. We hit it off immediately. I think Steve knew that wewould.
FINDING YOUR VOICE
All three songwriters came up in the tradition of the Beat-les and the singer-songwriter era.
We all love singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell, JacksonBrowne, Simon and Garfunkle, Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young, Seskin said. Its something to do with the sincer-ity of the music. Its not void of entertainment value butits not the main course on the dinner plate. There is someintelligence to the songs they are writing.
They hope to impart some of their hard-earned knowl-edge at the songwriters workshop on the Saturday beforethe show. Thick skin will come in handy, but its not neces-sarily a pre-requisite.
People come in looking for accolades as opposed toinsight, Carothers said. They are not particularly inter-ested in constructive criticism.
They will critique, but more importantly they let peopleknow what theyve dome well, in addition to what coulduse more work.
I like to talk about different angles they can explore,Seskin said. Ill say, This song works really good for theangle you chose but what would happen if you wentsomewhere totally different? What I am about to say is notwhat you should do; its what you could do. Its not mybusiness to tell you what to write, my business is to say,
consider this.Hes also big on re-writes. While theres something to besaid for the stream of consciousness that comes rollingout of us in wonderment, really good writers take a breakfrom it.
Revision, revision, revision, he said.
For Henry, its all about nding your voice; what is it aboutyou that makes you unique?
At rst we kind of do whatever feels good to us but atsome point we want to be good as songwriters, to try tocraft a song and make it sound like a hit, Henry said. Ialways tell people that nding your voice is when years oflearning how to write a crafted song that connects withpeople converges with your inspiration. Thats when themagic really happens.
For Carothers, its all about keeping an open mind. Whileyou cant just turn somebody into a brilliant songwriter,you can make them better at it.
You can learn the rules and technique of anything butnot everyone who picks up a basketball becomes MichaelJordan, he said. If youve never written a song with aguitar in your hand its a good thing to try. If youve neverwritten a song from the lyrics rst, thats a good thing totry. Certainly start with that attitude.
Theres no attitude adjustment needed when these threeget together on stage.
We have too much fun, Carothers said. Steve writespointed, beautiful, uplifting songs. Don writes quirky,beautiful songs. All three of us write heartfelt and hilar-ious songs. Its always a gas. You never know how itsgoing to go.
STEVE SESKIN, DON HENRY
AND CRAIG CAROTHERS
When:7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17
Where: State Theatre, 985 Lincoln Way in Auburn
Tickets:$20
Songwriting workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.
Price:$60, $75 with concert
Info:(530) 885-0156, livefromauburn.com
Astronomic Adventures
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AstronomicAdventuresBy Deleste Magda | Foothills Entertainer
Full moons, they say, have the ability to make peo-ple dance under them and to spur the growth of awerewolves hair. During the current lunar phase this
Sunday night, you wont need to worry about any of that.Instead, Tahoe Adventure Company invites you to dona pair of snowshoes and tramp across a frozen paradise,atop a winter wonderland where moon rays cause thesnow to glint and gleam.
They offer both a Full Moon Snowshoe Trek and aSnowshoe Star Tour.
The Full Moon Trek provides a tour that is popular with alllevels, ages and abilities and takes you through the briskmountain air of Lake Tahoes pristine forests.
If you can walk, you can snowshoe, said Kevin Hick-ey, owner of the Tahoe Adventure Company. There isno learning curve and it takes about ve minutes to getgoing.
After meeting the group and previewing the trip, time willbe spent tting gear and a comprehensive lesson will becovered.
TAHOE COMPANY LOOKS TO THE SKY
We operate on public land and the location is deter-mined by snow coverage and weather, Hickey said. Wethen pair the trail with the skill level of the group so theyare set up for success.
He said knowledgeable guides highly versed in the historyand naturalist aspects of the region lead the tours and talkastronomy along the way, such as fascinating facts aboutour moon.
The adventure company guides are mainly longtime
locals with backgrounds in education, travel, moun-taineering and other outdoor disciplines, Hickey said.Often stories of long-ago Washoe Native Americans canbe mixed with talks on the vast array of pine and r treeforests that surround the lake.
He urges all participants to layer up to keep warm.
While learning about the natural and human history ofthe area you can watch the sun cast a purple alpenglowonto the Sierras and trek on our easy to use snowshoesthrough Tahoes peaceful, wintry forest, Hickey said.There is something special about being outdoors in the
winter at night and we will stop along the way to take inthe beautiful views and enjoy snacks and hot drinks.
Astronomy, the study of all things celestial, will be a spe-cial highlight during the full moon tours.
The price of the full-moon tour like all adventure com-pany tours includes equipment. Full-moon tours usuallybegin at sunset and average three to four hours depend-ing on the groups speed
STAR MAN
The Snowshoe Star Tour is a telescopic tour of the mid-night sky and includes a presentation by award winningastronomer Tony Berendsen.
This fusion brings you the most dynamic tour of the winterand it begins with a guided sunset snowshoeing walk,followed by stargazing.
For the past 15 years Berendsen has exposed the superla-tive Sierra skies to numerous people throughout Californiaand Nevada.
Tahoe Adventure Company: Participants in the TahoeAdventure Company snowshoe hikes are encouraged to layerup to keep warm. Hot drinks will be provided.
If you can walk,you can snowshoe ~ Kevin Hickey
Tahoe Adventure
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Snowshoe under the FullWolf Moon at Lake Tahoe
Snowshoe Star Tour:Neptune and Mars Drinkfrom the cup of Aquarius
When:4-7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4 andTuesday Feb. 3.
Where:Based on weather conditions
Distance:Two to three miles
Level of difficulty:Easy to moderate
Cost: $65
When: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 andSaturday, Feb 21.
Where: Based on weather conditions
Distance:One to three miles
Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate
Cost:$75
Ive been doing summer and winter programs with Tahoe Adventure Company for
the last eight years, Berendsen said. We use Celestron Telescopes exclusively, largescreen monitors and iPad to augment our presentations.
In addition to his tours, he is currently the President of the Northern Nevada Science Co-alition and was previously the President of the Astronomical Society of Nevada.
Every star tour, whether during the winter or summer, is designed as an educationalexperience mixed with images and entertaining stories, Berendsen said. Our vision isOne day everyone will walk out under a starry sky they understand.
His large-aperture telescopes will take one into the unfamiliar mysterious world thatblankets the Sierra Nevada. Traveling by moonlight, participants are guided to a viewingpoint, where Berendsen will open their mind to the unknown world above them. Hotdrinks and snacks will be served as the star tour begins.
Because of the extremely dark skies in the Lake Tahoe area, which registers 21 on themag/arcsec scale, we show guests objects as bright as the moon and planets and as dimas distant galaxies, Berendsen said. Some favorite objects in the winter are the OrionNebulae, which is a birthplace of stars, and the Andromeda Galaxy, being the largestnear galaxy to our own and three million light years distant.
Tours include: Snowshoes, poles, guides, permit fees, hot drinksand snacks.Info: (530) 913-9212 or tahoeadventurecompany.com
Tony Berendsen plants his Celestron telescope on the snowy Sierra mountaintops andtakes advantage of the extremely dark skies in the Lake Tahoe area for his stargazingsessions. Some favorite objects in the winter are the Orion Nebulae, which is a birth-place of stars, and the Andromeda Galaxy, being the largest near galaxy to our ownand three million light years distant, he said.
TRAIN SPOTTING:
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Luke Yeats fills another cup Monday at Pacific Street Caf, oneof Old Town Rosevilles enduring family businesses.
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As Rosevilles rst city hall in 1909, the outlet at 301 Lincoln Street was an iconof what is now called Old Town and one of its chief gathering spots.
More than 105 years later, as Pacic Street Caf, it still is.
By the owners estimation, the caf sees between 300 and 400 visitors on anygiven Saturday or Sunday, many of them regulars. Those who frequent the cafknow it as one of the citys most popular sit-down breakfast joints, a traditionalfamily restaurant serving home-style food through lunch, 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
Behind the historic wood-and-brick faade, which resembles its neighbors, thecaf is a bright, clean space with seasonal dcor, an electric six-car train set thatcircles the dining rooms through tunnels in the ceiling, and other souvenirs fromthe citys cultural roots in the railroad, which still rumbles by across the street onoccasion.
Owner Justina Barringer acquired the caf nine years ago from Marsha Pharo,who opened it in 1990. Barringer said she wanted to make the place a cozyalternative to Rosevilles growing catalogue of anonymous franchise restaurantswith slapdash-quality food and service.
There are so many corporate restaurants around, I wanted it to be a place wherepeople could come and feel a warm atmosphere, as if they were visiting someoneelses home, she said I always focused on taking our service and our guestrelationships, getting to know our customers on rst-name basis, knowing whatthey eat. Weve had generations of families that have come to the restaurant,
because it is a warm and inviting atmosphere, and you dont feel like youre justa number. You feel like you matter.
And so does the food. Barringer said she spends a little more on her productthan some of her competitors, putting her best efforts into traditional breakfastand lunch fare like omelets, pancakes, burgers, sandwiches, chicken and otherentrees like salmon, shrimp and lasagna. She also includes on her menu morethan half a dozen specially-marked homemade options, mostly comfort foods,made from scratch: a biscuits-and-gravy platter, cinnamon roll French toast,
chicken-fried steak, a meatloaf sandwich, a Reuben, an 8-pound patty melt anda Roseville burger.
Drinks are a choice between coffee, tea, milk, juice, milkshakes, Budweiser, Bud
Light, a mimosa or wine.
Stuart Johnson, whos been working at his mothers caf on and off for the pastnine years, said peak days are weekends, peak hours vary and the clientele isalmost anyone seniors, young families, church groups or couples.
If the caf has seen relatively stable business over the past decade as other OldTown enterprises have struggled, Johnson guessed its enduring popularity comesdown to atmosphere and quality cuisine.
I think the family-oriented space brings people in, and then the food, obviously,
because its good food, he said. And a lot of the waitresses have been workinghere for years, and all the customers know them. Everyone knows everyonesname.
Newcomer and Roseville resident Jim Williams, after his rst visit to the restaurantMonday, said he felt at home as well.
First of all, the food was fantastic, and its kind of a fun little place, he said. Thedcor is really nice. People tend to be pretty friendly, so its a place that I wouldcome back (to).
Its precisely what Barringer is aiming for, and counting on for the holiday season.
By her own admission, she goes all-out with decorations this time of year byFriday shell have a giant Santa in the foyer, six Christmas trees and a snowmantheme with lights and snowakes.
Every year I have people that return from even out of time who come here justto see Christmas, she said. I dont advertise, so a lot of the newer families donteven know that were there So we rely on word-of-mouth, and basically theword of families Its just kind of a unique place people can go and feel warmand comfortable.
STREET CAF FOR 2NDS
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Local vintners see tastes alter whenweather warms and drops
WINERIES
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Northern California is famous for autumns color-urrybrushing the hills with apricot leaves and early sunsets;and Rocklins most attractive wine hubs know how to
prepare for seasonal shifts in vino sensibility.
Recently, national magazines such as Wine Spectator andForbes have noted a popular trend among connoisseurs tomove from summer wines to fall and winter wines gener-ally using outdoor temperature patterns and a circular changein foods as a measure to indicate fewer chardonnay corks arepopping, while more medium-bodied red wines are lling
glasses.To some extent Rocklin-area tasting rooms see this phenomenaplaying out; and they have some recommendations for winefans that are readying for harvest moons.
The citys most central wine destination is Cante Ao Vinho,nestled inside a rustic rock hall on Front Street. Tom and FrankFarinha have been showcasing their northern California winesat this turn-of-the-century butcher shop since last December.From warm April days, right up until this week, the staff atCante Ao Vinho watched wedding crowds from Saint Marys
Church ow in, often looking for the best wine to balance thesunshine.
In the summer time, with the heat, we have a lot of peoplecoming in wanting to taste and buy the light, more refresh-ing whites, said Annette Gonzales of Cante Ao Vinho.We do see a shift when the fall comes in. Our Portuguesevarietals get even more popular: they have that larger, richertaste that some people want when it gets colder.
Cante Ao Vihnos three Portuguese veritals are its Touriga
Francese, Tinto Cao and Touriga Nacional.Gonzaless recommendation for cool weather is Cante Ao
Vihnos Petite Syrah. Simple and simmering, this bottle hasprecise avor a potent plum-punch that rides a warmundercurrent swirling on a bright pepper swing.
Whether Rocklins skies are lled with sunrays or clouds,Cante Ao Vinhos western-chic tasting room has an elegant
window cut into his granite, looking out onto the citys rails
Lone Buffalo Vineyards boasts a western-style dcor for visi-tors approaching its tasting room.
By Scott Thomas Anderson | Foothills Entertainer
and tree-lined, historic avenue.
Ten minutes away from Cante Ao Vinho, north on PacicStreet and then north on Sierra College Boulevard, is Rock HillWinery. Owner-winemaker Donald F. DuPont Jr. and his familytook over the 40-acre abandoned ranch in 2011, planting apageantry of vines across the empty cattle land. DuPont grewup tending vino barrels in Sonoma County, and Placers bud-ding wine trail reminds him of the easy, down-home feel thatseparated Sonomas tasting rooms from the nearby, ever-com-mercializing forces of Napa: That background is reected in the
open, neighborly atmosphere of Rock Hills tasting room, whichlooks out on one of the most green, sprawling vistas betweenLoomis and Rocklin.
While Rocklin Hills Syrah is a major seller at the moment, Du-Ponts recommendation for the blustery weather ahead is hisBordeaux. This special red blend has a curling cherry glow withan airy, acute ribbon on the back tail of its taste.
I think its a wine thats perfect for fall meals, DuPont ex-plained. It goes great with stews, beef and lamb. Its a bigbottle with tannins and medium alcohol content.
Further north, above New Castle, the crew at Lone BuffaloVineyards is tending to a young, newly planted crop of vinesthat have been in the ground just two months. Like DuPont,Lone Buffalos owner-wine maker Phil Maddux originally hailsfrom Sonoma County. Hes had his hands in the grapes for 42years, having gone commercial in 2007. Phil and his wife Jillmoved their tasting room from Auburn to the new spot onWise Road in January of last year. They have since been busyusing the swaying stretch of land to plant a fresh harvest ofTempranillo, Zinfandel and Malbec.
Fittingly enough, the Lone Buffalo tasting room is located nearranches and open horse corrals, mirroring the High West dcorvisitors experience when wandering in. Phil Maddux has had alifelong interest in buf falos, which hes channeled into a uniqueart collection hanging over his array of bottles.
For fall wine drinking, the Madduxs staff recommends itsselection, Where the Buffalos Roam, Pill and Jills popular,award-winning agship red blend. Fans of this bottle hold that
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Rock Hill Winery, located near the edge of Loomis and Rocklin, sits on what was a working, 40-acre cattle ranch in the 1950s.
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it pairs well with meals year-round. Another winter endorsement from the LoneBuffalo staff is the 2012 Thunder Beast Zinfandel, a clean, smooth red with ablooming blueberry front over sharp chocolate notes and a balanced honey-comb nish.
Zinfandel.com, a California-based publication, recommends pairing bottles inthe vein of Thunder Beast with turkey, duck, quail, pheasant, chicken and ciop-pino.
The summer heat may be fading, but for Rocklins foodies, the quest for theperfect wine pairings is just warming up.
A-1 COMICS in Roseville
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Though the sign is huge the address istucked behind a carwash and a hot dog
joint, making the action-packed panels andpulsating pop culture hard to see at rst.
But once youve been to A-1 Comics in Roseville, itsan experience that you wont soon forget.
First of all, the store is huge. If you are expecting a
small shop like the one frequented by the guys onthe Big Bang Theory, you will be pleasantly sur-prised. Wall-to-wall comic books, to be sure, butthe store offers much more. Star Wars lunch box?
Yep. How about Game of Thrones action gures andcoffee mugs? Denitely. From your favorite super-heroes to My Little Pony, A-1 has the goods to pairwith the books.
The store began as a labor of love by Brian Peets,who admits he was tired of working for other peo-ple, and wanted to work every day doing something
that he loved. The rst A-1 Comics was born in 1988in Sacramento, and Peets purchased the strugglingRoseville location in 1997.
Though the comic-book industry has had its shareof ups and downs, theres no struggling at eitherlocation today.
Comics were really starting to contract in the 90s.At one point there were 36 places where you could
buy legitimate comics. Today there are about eightplaces in the Sacramento area, Peets said.
Theres a constant readership for comics and thefast-growing Japanese Manga and Peets consid-ers both to be a very vibrant media. Like all media,comics evolve with customer taste and currenttrends, resulting in sometimes-edgy content.
The best way to view comics is the same way thatyou view movies. Some are rated G, then you haveyour action lms that are rated R or even hard R,and you have everything in between, Peets said.
One of the biggest draws to A-1 in Roseville is thegames and tournaments.
We have tournaments and games going on nearlyevery night of the week actually pretty much everyhour that we are open, Peets said. We have YuGi Oh!, Magic card games, Dungeons and Drag-
ons and lots of board games. We even have afamily game night lled with young kids, includingPokemon tournaments that are designed for young,less experienced players.
Store manager Ruth Sparks said that visiting A-1 isalways a unique experience.
The experience is really different for every personwho comes in here because we carry such a wide
range of hobby materials, Sparks said. Somepeople love the games and some love the comics it just depends. I absolutely love both.
If youre picturing a big store lled with teens andyoung twenty-somethings, youd only be partiallyright.
According to Peets, many customers take an in-terest in comics in their late high school or collegecareers, but the demographic has shifted.
A typical customer is well-educated, and todaya lot of women are interested in comics, as well,Peets said. While women typically follow theirfavorite writers, men tend to follow their favoriteartists, Peets said.
While you would expect weekends to be the bus-iest days at A-1, you might be surprised to know
that Wednesdays draw the largest crowds.
New comics come in every Wednesday, Peetssaid. So Wednesdays are the busiest, followed byThursday and Friday.
By Eileen Wilson | Foothills Entertainer - Brian Peets
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The Taj Mahal may be an ocean away, but thetime-honored avors of North India foodare thriving in Roseville, along with a slightly
American twist.
The New India Oven on Pleasant Grove Boulevardcame under new ownership in February, changingits name to Taj Oven, while it transitions into an
ever more health-conscious menu. Owner InderjitJohal took over the business last year. Hes sincebeen working hard to maintain what longtimecustomers love about the little dining spot, allalong adding new experiments to his popularlunchtime buffet.
The main chef for Taj Oven, Johal has been
By Scott Thomas Anderson | Staff Writer
WITH A TASTE OF THE EAST
Inderjit Johal (center), manager of The Taj Oven in Roseville, holds plates of some therestaurants specialty items like chicken tandoori and chicken biryani with rice.
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cooking Indian food for 15 years. Most of what heknows of North Indian food traditions comes frommastering cuisine in Dayton, Ohio. Johal moved
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Taj Oven also gets high marks for its various lambspecialties including Lamb and Goat Curry Lamb
cuts of Garlic Naan.
In addition to the seven-day-a-week lunch buffet,Taj Oven is open for dinners on Fridays Saturdays
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to the warm, sunny skies of California in 2006. Hewatched the new sign marking Taj Oven go upover his door in last October.
Changing the name was a natural part of thetransition, Johal told the Press Tribune. It wassomething I was condent in doing.
So far, Johal and his staff have been getting goodlunchtime rushes. Taj Ovens chicken tikka masalahas a subtle tang with a touch of sweet after-taste.Johal said the dishs popularity comes from a richdouble-avor that involves marinating the meatand then cooking it in his signature sauce. Theresturants chicken tandoori is also a customerfavorite, with soft meat doused in yogurt andspices before its roasted in a clay oven: The result
is crisp tandoori with a warm, spicy undertow. Fewvisitors leave the Taj Oven buffet without samplingits tender chicken curry, brightened on the taste
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The Sag Paneer dish, a combination of spinach andhomemade cheese cubes cooked in spices, is alsomuch-discussed option at Taj Oven.
We cook hot, healthy food, Johal explained. Itslow oils, and low salt dishes that make people feelgood when they leave. We have fresh salads andall the dishes are made from the health-consciouspoint of view. We make all of the spices here forthe avors.
He added, My hobby is to create new things:Every day we have offerings that arent on theregular menu.
Johal also remains mindful of the basics, makingsure to stock traditional Indian drinks, regional redand white wines and plenty of uffy, tear-shaped
Taj Oven is open for dinners on Fridays, Saturdaysand Sundays.
For Johal, the experience of meeting more andmore fans of his resteraunt is linked to one simplephilosophy.
I like giving customers real food and real
service, he said. We never want anyone to feelneglected.
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Songwriters Showcase opens at 8 p.m. Thursdays at The
Club Car, 836 Lincoln Way in Auburn. Open mic format,15-minute time slots. Info: clubcarauburn.com.
The Geezer Gig with Bob Woods and Swampbilly playfrom 5-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2 at The Country Club Saloon,4007 Taylor Road in Loomis. Party like an animal and be inbed by 10 p.m. Info: keepsmilinpromotions.com.
The Chillbilliescelebrate Elvis 80th birthday with adance concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3 at The Centerfor the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $12members, $28 non-members. Featuring Lorraine Gervais,Kate Haight, Peter Wilson and Frank Maranzino. Info:
thecenterforthearts.org, (530) 274-8384.
Hot Tuna Acoustic Duoplays at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.4 at The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass
Valley. Tickets: $45 members, $55 non-members. Info:thecenterforthearts.org, (530) 274-8384.
Blame Sallyplays 1t 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 at The Centerfor the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $18members, $22 non-members. Info: thecenterforthearts.org, (530) 274-8384.
The Tubes plays at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 at Thunder ValleyCasinos Pano Hall, 1200 Athens Ave., Lincoln. Tickets:$22-$33. Info: thundervalleyresort.com, (916) 408-7777.
Salsa Dance Nightfrom 7 p.m. to midnight Wednesdaysat The Stonehouse, 107 Sacramento St. in Nevada City.Cost: $7. Free lessons, no experience or partner needed.Info: (530) 265-5050, stonehousenc.com.
Reflections Jazz Quintet plays at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan.10 at The Stonehouse, 107 Sacramento St. in NevadaCity. Cost: $10. Info: (530) 265-5050, stonehousenc.com.
The annual KVMR Fundraiser welcomes JohnMcCutcheon at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11 at The Centerfor the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $20KVMR or Center members, $23 non-members, $35Preferred seating and meet and greet. Featuring WillAckerman. Info: thecenterforthearts.org, (530) 274-8384.
Songwriting Workshopwith Steve Seskin, Don Henryand Craig Carothers from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 17, followed by a concert from 7:30-9:30p.m. at Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center at the SateTheatre, 985 Lincoln Way in Auburn. Tickets: $60, $75with Concert, $20 concert only. Info: (530) 885-0156,livefromauburn.com.
John Gorkaplays at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 at TheCenter for the Arts, 314 West Main St. in Grass Valley.
Tickets: $20 members, $22 non-members. Info: (530) 477-0708, thecenterforthearts.org.
Legends of Motown Tribute at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 atThunder Valley Casinos Pano Hall, 1200 Athens Ave., Lincoln.Tickets: $36-$28. thundervalleyresort.com, (916) 408-7777.
Jennifer Stumm, violist, plays at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne HillRoad, Grass Valley. Tickets: $32 general, youth 5-17 freewith adult. Pre-concert forum with Dr. Aileen James at1:15 p.m. Info: (530) 273-3990, inconcertsierra.org.
The Chakra Symphony, a musical journey through theseven Chakras, from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 at theFoothill Center for Spiritual Living, 2945 1st St., at theDeWitt Center in Auburn. Tickets: $20. Info: fcsliving.org.
Auburn Symphony Masterworks II: High Spirits at 7:30p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 atPlacer High School Auditorium, 123 Agard St. in Auburn.
Jeff Bridges and the Abidersplay at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 255 South AuburnSt. in Grass Valley. Tickets: $30-$125. Info: (530) 477-0708, thecenterforthearts.org.
The Metropolitan Operapresents The Merry Widow at9:55 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Del Oro Theatre, 165Mill St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $22 adult, $20 seniors, $15children under 12. Info: sierracinamas.com/specialevents,Auditions for The Producers from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan 7 and from noon to 5 p m Sunday Jan 11 at Sierra
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Treasure Island presented by National Theatre Liveplays at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 at Sierra Cinemas,840-C East Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $18 adult, $15seniors, $7 children under 12. Info: sierracinamas.com/specialevents, (530) 477-9000.
The Bolshoi Ballet presents Swan Lake at 1 p.m. Sunday,Jan. 25 at Sierra Cinemas, 840-C East Main St., Grass
Valley. Tickets: $18 adult, $15 seniors, $7 children under12. Info: sierracinamas.com/specialevents, (530) 477-9000.
National Theatre Livepresents Treasure Island at 3:30p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28 at Sierra Cinemas, 840-C EastMain St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $18 adult, $15 seniors, $7children under 12. Info: sierracinamas.com/specialevents,(530) 477-9000.
The Metropolitan Operapresents Les Contes
dHoffman 9:55 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 at Sierra Cinemas,840-C East Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $18 adult, $15seniors, $7 children under 12. Info: sierracinamas.com/specialevents, (530) 477-9000.
Snowshoe under the Full Moonat Lake Tahoe from 4-7p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4. Trips offered by Tahoe AdventureCompany. Cost: $65, includes snowshoes, poles, guides,natural history fees, hot drinks & snacks. Info: (530) 913-9212, tahoeadventurecompany.com.
Crab (and Tri-Tip) Feed from 5-10 p.m. Wednesday,Jan. 14 at Mt. Pleasant Hall, 3333 Mt. Pleasant Road inLincoln. Tickets: $40. Proceeds benet the ThermalandsCommunity Center. No-host bar, rafe, music anddancing with the Buck Ford Pure Country Band. Info: RickHartmann, (916) 316-7587, [email protected].
Snowshoe Star Tour: Neptune and Mars Drink fromthe cup of Aquarius, from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17around Lake Tahoe. Cost: $75 per person, includessnowshoes, poles, snacks, warm drinks and a tour of the
night sky with Tony Berendsen. Info: (530) 913-9212,tahoeadventurecompany.com.
24th annual Robert Burns Dinner and Concert at 5:30p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Miners Foundry, 325 SpringSt., Nevada City. Dinner by chef Antonio Ayasteran, musicby Men of Worth. Tickets: $55 for Gold Country CelticSociety members, $60 for non members. Info: (530) 274-0185.
Jan. 7 and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11 at SierraStages Rehearsal Studio, 343 Railroad Ave. in NevadaCity. Show plays from July 16 through Aug. 8 2015 at theNevada Theatre in Nevada City. Info: (530) 346-3210,[email protected].
Auditions for Guys and Dolls from 7-8 p.m. Thursday,Jan. 8; 6- 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9; and from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10 at McLaughlin Theatre Co., 3470Swetzer Road in Loomis. Performances take place March13-22. Info:, (916) 652-6377, mtctheatre.org.
The Nugget Fringe Festivaltakes place Thursday,Jan.29 to Sunday, Feb. 8 at various venues in NevadaCounty. Tickets: $10 a performance. Info: (530) 366-5888,questtheaterworks.com
Songbird, a new musical comedy revue by John Driscolland Jan Kopp, plays at 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Jan. 16-Feb. 21, at Off BroadstreetTheater, 305 Commercial St. Nevada City. Tickets: $25($23 Sunday). Info: (530) 265-8686, [email protected], offbroadstreet.com.
Silver Screen Classicfeatures an Academy Award-winning 1934 screwball comedy about a rich girl, gettingstuck with a reporter on her mad ight to happiness
while running from her father, at 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 3 at the Auburn Library, Beecher Room,350 Nevada St. in Auburn. Free. Info: (530) 878-7938,auburnsilverscreen.com.
What Remains of Us plays at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10at the Placer County Library, 350 Nevada St., in Auburn.Free, donations accepted to fund the visiting monks. Info:(530) 798-9576, sierrafriendsoftibet.org.
Meltdown in Tibetplays at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11 at theMadelyn Helling Library, Community room, 980 HellingWay, Grass Valley. Free, donations accepted; fund visitingmonks. Info: (530) 798-9576, sierrafriendsoftibet.org.
13th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival plays from 7-10p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. to5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15-17, at various sites in Nevada Cityand Grass Valley. Presented by South Yuba River CitizensLeague. (530) 265-5961, wildandsceniclmfestival.org.
Program includes Prokoevs Lieutenant Kije Suite, op.60, Mendelssohns Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64with violinist Christina Mok, and Hindemiths SymphonicMetamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.
Tickets: $20-45. Info: (530) 823-6683, auburnsymphony.com.
Four Shillings Shortplay everything from traditional Irishtines to Indian ragas from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 atAHmbiance, 884 Lincoln Way, Gold Country Mall in Auburn.$10-$20 suggested donation. Info: (530) 885-9469.
Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brownplay from 7-11p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Auburn Event Center145 Elm Ave. in Auburn. Tickets $30-$40. Info:keepsmilinpromotions.com
Dave and Phil Alvinwith the Guilty Ones play at 7 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Auburn Event Center, 145 Elm Ave.in Auburn. Tickets: $25 advance, $30 day of show. Info:keepsmilinpromotions.com
Air Supplyplays at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30 at ThunderValley Casinos Pano Hall, 1200 Athens Ave., Lincoln.Tickets: $60-$70. thundervalleyresort.com, (916) 408-7777.
Poor Mans Whiskeywith the Brothers Comatose play at
7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Auburn Event Center, 145Elm Ave. in Auburn. Tickets: $15-$18 advance, $20 day ofshow. Info: keepsmilinpromotions.com
Jesse Cooksplays at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 at TheCenter for the Arts, 314 West Main St. in Grass Valley.Tickets: $40 members, $45 non-members. Info: (530) 477-0708, thecenterforthearts.org.
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licksplays at 8 p.m. Sat. Jan.24 at The Center for the Arts, 314 West Main St. in Grass
Valley. Tickets: $25 members, $28 non-members. Info: (530)477-0708, thecenterforthearts.org.
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