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During his tenure at the KernCounty Museum, historian JeffNickell struck up a warm andlasting friendship with adventurerand bon vivant Huell Howser, whodied Monday. Nickell, who nowworks as a coordinator at the KernCounty Superintendent of Schools,was featured on a number ofHowser’s television programs andhas agreed to share his memorieswith our readers:

My first meeting withHuell Howser outside ofa large group or on the

phone was at the museum to filma segment of “Visiting with HuellHowser.”

He asked me about the historyof the Beale Memorial Clock Towerand I gave him some facts. Filmingbegan and he told his cameraman, “Cut; let’s do that over.”

We began touring the museumand I messed up and said “cut” orstuck my hands up in front of thecamera to get another take. Hisresponse was, “We don’t do thaton this show. It is meant to befree-flowing. People make mis-takes, and there’s nothing wrongwith it. So, don’t do that again.”

Thus began our friendship andI am happy to say he probablyfilmed more episodes of his vari-ous television series in KernCounty than anywhere else.

Huell Howser was the ultimateprofessional. Don’t let his friendlyand jovial personality lead you tobelieve otherwise. He knew exact-ly what he wanted his product tobe and had things well-researchedbefore he ever set foot on a site heintended to feature. Some peopleask if Huell was just acting on hisshows. The answer is no. He wasjust as friendly off camera as hewas while the camera was rolling(I later learned, after my initialfilming, that he meant what hesaid about wanting hisshows to be natural; heinsisted only that hisintros be letter perfect).

My association withHuell — his staff, at least— goes back to 1995. As aperson new to the muse-um profession at that time,I watched most of hisshows, trying tosoak up as much

California history as possible. Lit-tle did I know then that much ofwhat I would learn about my ownbackyard would come from work-ing side by side with the manwho, in many ways, wouldbecome one of my mentors.

Several years ago, Huell’s pro-ducer called me and asked me toget a historical expert on theTejon Ranch for an upcomingfeature. I gave the producer acouple of names and also said hecould call the Tejon Ranchbecause they have the experts.My phone rang a few minuteslater and it was Huell:

“You must not have under-stood. I want you to do the showwith me.”

I told him that I knew onlygeneral information about the

ranch, and he said, “Well,you’ll know more after we’refinished.”

From that point until film-ing, my nights were filledwith reading the “Saga of

Rancho El Tejon,” which Icontinued to

study even inthe back seatwhile driv-

ing the dirt roads of the ranch. Huell told me, “You can stop

reading because I know there issomething I will ask that youwon’t know.” He was kidding, andeverything went great.

But Huell’s efforts to shine thespotlight on Kern County wentbeyond his television programs.He had a genuine interest inpreservation, agreeing to serve asthe honorary co-chairman of thefundraising effort to bring theLopez-Hill House to the museumfrom its location in Rosedale.Working with Huell on the reloca-tion and restoration was awe-some. He was truly inspired bythe lives of the families who hadlived in the house and in factcalled it “the dream house.”

During our Hill-Lopez fundrais-ing drive, I was asked by the muse-um foundation if Huell might be

willing to be part of an auctionpackage: Dinner with Huell Hows-er. I called him and he said, “Youdon’t ask for much do ya?,” beforeproceeding to agree to it.

Then, after a wonderful dinnerat Wool Grower’s he said, “OK, goahead and ask.” I asked what hewas referring to and he said,“What you want me to do next —I know you’re already thinkingabout it.”

I considered Huell Howser afriend and mentor. He gave meadvice on a number of occasions.But mainly what I will alwaysremember was the way he treatedpeople — genuine and friendly. Itdidn’t matter if it was during abreak filming an episode or in acrowded restaurant, he wouldtake time to talk to people, takephotos with them, and makethem feel special.

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IndexThe Bully Resolution dog show .............. 23‘Big Bang Theory’ visits Bakersfield ...... 23Cody Bryant, Riders of the Purple Sage 24Arts Alive .................................................. 26Empty Space Awards .............................. 27The Lowdown with Matt Munoz.............. 28Razzie nominations .................................. 31Calendar.............................................. 32-33

Jeff Nickell CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

During our Hill-Lopez fundraising drive, I wasasked by the museum foundation if Huell

might be willing to be part of an auction pack-age: Dinner with Huell Howser. I called him

and he said, “You don’t ask for much do ya?,”before proceeding to agree to it.

Oil, cotton,culture: Hesaluted whatmade us us The Bakersfield Californian

Huell Howser was the host ofseveral California travel showson PBS over the years. Thoughhis sense of wonder and aw-shucks charisma make eachouting a gem, we’ve rounded upa list of episodes that focusedon our corner of the state. Allare on DVD and available forpurchase at calgold.com, thesource of the following episodeguide:

From the “California’sGold” series

“Dry Lake Bed”Huell visits a dry lake bed in

the Mojave Desert that is sohard and so gigantic that it isthe site of Edwards Air ForceBase and a landing strip for theSpace Shuttle. In the 1920s and’30s it was also used by hot-rodders from all over SouthernCalifornia. Though Muroc DryLake has remained off-limitssince World War II, the AirForce recently reopened thedry lake bed, inviting back allthe old-timers for a weekend ofracing.

“A Tale of Two Cities”Huell visits Allensworth, now

a state historic park, California’sonly community founded,financed and governed byAfrican-Americans during theearly 1900s. Then he tours oldand new Kernville and goeswhitewater rafting down thewild and scenic Kern River.

“Things That Crawl in theNight”

Huell encounters the endan-gered kangaroo rat at CarrizoPlain National Monument, con-sidered the best example of thefragile ecosystem in the SanJoaquin Valley.

“Weedpatch”Huell visits the historic Kern

County migrant worker camp

FELIX ADAMO / THE CALIFORNIAN

Jeff Nickell, right, gives a tour of the Kern County Museum for Huell Howser, left, and cameramanTroye Jenkins in 2006 for a show on PBS.

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Even bullies need tohave their special day

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CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” is going tothe final frontier: Bakersfield.

In tonight’s episode, titled “The Bakers-field Expedition,” Sheldon, Leonard,Howard and Raj head to BakersfieldComic-Con — in “Star Trek: The NextGeneration” costumes. While they’reaway, Penny, Bernadette and Amy investi-gate their final frontier: the comic bookshop.

This marks the latest “Star Trek”encounter for the series about the lovablegeeks and their lady friends, with LeonardNimoy lending his voice for an episodelast season, among the show’s notable hattips to the franchise.

The Thursday night comedy, which airsat 8 p.m., is fresh off its best ratings yet,most recently eclipsing previous highs intotal viewers and adults 18-49.

‘Big Bang Theory’ headed to BakersfieldHit show’s plot tonight involvestrip to local Comic-Con event

On TV“The Big Bang Theory” airs tonight

at 8 on CBS.

BY STEFANI DIASCalifornian assistant lifestyles editor

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Just as every dog has its day, sotoo does every dog kennelclub. So Saturday is a big day

for Street Certified Bullyz, whichis hosting its first dog show at theKern County Fairgrounds.

The club, six members strong,has been in operation for about ayear but had yet to establish itselfin the show circuit, according toevent coordinator Crystal Verde.

“We have attended quite a fewshows and thought to ourselveswe should throw a show to getour kennel name out there. So wehad a meeting and all agreed toput together a Street CertifiedBullyz show.”

The Resolution, named thatway because it occurs at the startof the new year, is a registeredevent with the American BullyKennel Club. As such, Saturday’smain event is an ABKC showopen only to American pit bullterriers, English and French bull-dogs and shorty bulls. Owners

must have already registeredtheir dogs or they may purchasea temp card, which allows theircanine to compete, collectingshow points if they win and reg-ister within 10 days.

But since Bakersfield isn’thome just to purebred bullies, thelocal club plans what it calls a funshow, open to dogs with or with-out paperwork, that will takeplace after the ABKC competi-tion.

“The fun show will consist of 10different categories that ownerswill be able to register their dogsin to compete against otherbreeds for fun. They will stillreceive a ribbon with the place

they took in that specific catego-ry.”

Categories include best blue,best fawn and best tri — all forthe dogs’ coloring — as well asbest Razor’s Edge (a particularbloodline) and the great equaliz-er: people’s choice.

“The winner is determined byhowever loud your crowd gets foryour dog.”

Young owners may compete inthe “kids with pits” class. Open tothose 18 and younger, the catego-ry allows “the kids to join in andshow off their dogs.”

Unlike the ABKC show andother fun categories — whichcost $20 and $10, respectively, toenter — children compete forfree.

And all the dogs in that catego-ry will receive ribbons for takingpart.

But the contests aren’t the onlyexcitement on tap. Vendorsinclude Rad N Bad Collars andRios Leather, both selling collarsand leashes; Big Boy Bully Crates,which specializes in custom-made dog crates; and local busi-ness CLS Pets.

Chiko, a Los Angeles-basedperformer with Get Money Socie-

ty, will be on hand to perform acouple of songs before the showkicks off around 11 a.m. Verdesaid the musician may performafter the contests as well.

Verde said she understandssome people have a bad impres-sion of the breed, but she believesthat judgment is unwarranted.

“I do feel the bully breed getsan unfair bad rap,” Verde said. “Imyself didn’t trust the bully breeduntil now. I was so anti-pit bull.

Through my boyfriend — he’s inthe kennel club, it’s his hobby — Inow have two pit bulls myselfand have had the chance to get toknow the breed. I would say theyare not dangerous as peoplemake them out to be. ... Itdepends on the owners, how theyact.

“I also own a Chihuahua/Dachshund and she is way moretemperamental than my two pitbulls.”

The Bully ResolutionWhat: Dog show organized by

local kennel club Street Certi-

fied Bullyz

When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur-

day

Where: Kern County Fair-

grounds, 1142 S. P St.

Cost: $20 to compete in ABKC

show, $10 in fun show (free for

kids); $10 for public; $3 parking

Information: 319-4277

Often-maligned breeds to have own dog show

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Chris Bryant of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., prepares his dog Gatorfor judging at the All Bully Breed Showcase in Tampa in May. Localbull dogs will be on display Saturday at the Kern County Fair-grounds at The Bully Resolution.

The guysfrom “The BigBang Theory”take a roadtrip to acomic bookconvention inBakersfielddressed as“Star Trek:The Next Gen-eration” char-acters in theepisode airingtonight at 8on CBS. Pic-tured left toright: SimonHelberg,Kunal Nayyar,Johnny Galec-ki and JimParsons.

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Cody Bryant and the Riders of the PurpleSage are returning to perform in Bak-ersfield, with a repeat appearance

through the Community Concert Association.Western music, or cowboy music as it is

sometimes known, is a unique creation of theAmerican experience. A mix of European folksongs, with influence from American Indianand Mexican music, Western music gets itsunique sound from the environment and sto-ries of the Western United States — throughimitating the howls and bellows of coyote andcattle, and the rhythms of horses walking,trotting and galloping; and creating poetry outof famous gunfights and legendary characters,flavored with the slang of the prairie and thefrontier towns. Portable instruments such asthe harmonica and the fiddle helped createthe characteristic sound of the cowboy song.

It’s important to keep a distinction betweenWestern, or cowboy, music and countrymusic, which has long been associated withWestern.

“Country and Western music came to aparting of the ways in the 1980s,” said MarshaShort, executive director of the Western MusicAssociation. “Country music picked up morerock music, electric guitars and such.”

“Western music is acoustic guitar, maybe abass and nice harmonies,” Short said. “Andabout the West and the outdoors, and theWestern way of life.”

Short noted that Western music becamepopular in the 20th century, primarily because

of the success of “singing cowboys” such asRoy Rogers and Gene Autry, and legendarybands such as the Sons of the Pioneers.

“Cowboys were always singing around thecampfire,” Short said. “But (the Sons of thePioneers) really brought it to the fore.”

Named after the Zane Grey novel, The Rid-ers of the Purple Sage has had several incarna-tions. The first band was founded by per-former Jack Dalton in 1932 and performed fora few years. In 1936, a second band wasfounded by Buck Page, a young singer andsongwriter, as a staff band for Pittsburgh radiostation KDKA. During World War II, Page andhis band were in the military. A third bandwith the same name, but under the leadershipof California singer Foy Willing, appeared in

several movies and is the best-known versionof the Riders.

The current incarnation of the Riders of thePurple Sage consists of Cody Bryant on guitarand lead vocals, Mike Ley on bass and har-monica, Evan Marshall on mandolin and fid-dle, Doug Livingston on steel guitar, and Lan-don McCoy on drums. Band manager SteveSwartout said Bryant’s band is the descendantof the Willing band.

“Sharon Willing, Foy’s widow, asked Cody totake on that name and keep the legacy of theRiders of the Purple Sage alive,” Swartout said.“She’s attended some of the band’s shows,including at the Rabobank.”

Swartout said although the current versionof the Riders carries on the legacy of tradition-al Western music, the band also performsmusic from other traditions, and adds newsongs written in the Western style.

“Our forte is Western and Western Swing,but Cody will throw in just about anythinganyone wants to hear,” Swartout said. “Youreally get the whole spectrum.”

The Riders are making their third appear-ance in Bakersfield with this show. Their firstconcert was through the Community ConcertAssociation in November 2008, and the bandperformed with the Bakersfield SymphonyOrchestra in October 2010. Normally, the CCAdoesn’t repeat concert programs, but treasur-er Diane Ackley said the Riders were a specialcase.

“Because people wanted them,” Ackleysaid. “It was a very popular concert and peo-ple asked for them to come back.”

Ackley said tickets for the concert are avail-able in the lobby before the performance. The$80 price is a season ticket, and is good for theremaining five concerts of the association’s2012-13 season, including the Riders.

Old West, yes; new country, no

Cody Bryant and the Riders of the Purple SageWhen: 7:30 p.m. Monday

Where: Rabobank Theater, 1001 Truxtun

Ave.

Admission: $80; $30 full-time college stu-

dent; $20 student through high school.

Available in the lobby or by calling 205-8522.

How the series worksSeason tickets to the Bakers-

field Community Concert

Association are available

each spring for the upcoming

season. The association con-

siders the tickets as mem-

berships, and ticket holders

become members of the

association for the season.

This year’s season consists

of eight monthly concerts

from September through

May, and can include any

number of music genres,

including classical music,

folk music, Latin, Western,

show tunes, choral music

and many other styles.

Adult membership is $80;

membership for a full-time

college student is $30, and

membership for younger stu-

dents is $20 for the year.

Members are given a card

they can then present at the

door for each concert. Treas-

urer Diane Ackley said once

the season reaches midpoint,

the association begins to

pro-rate the membership.

“When there are four con-

certs left in the season, we

will start pro-rating the

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“We are looking for local chefs to comeup with something amazing to sell at thefestival, to share their culinary talentsusing Kern’s top nuts — almonds, pista-chios and walnuts,” said Beth Pandol, co-chair of the Kern County Nut Festival. “Wewant people to come to the festival hungryso they can taste all these wonderful dishescreated by local cooks.”

Applications, rules, and other informa-tion are on the festival website atwww.kcnutfest.com. Click on the buttontitled “Participation” for information andapplications. The deadline is Feb. 28.

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There is no charge to be a food vendor,but vendors are responsible for their ownequipment and for compliance with allhealth and safety regulations.

The Kern County Nut Festival will pro-vide the electrical hookups. Table rentalsare $10 each.

“This is a food-focused festival with anemphasis on nutty fun,” said Pandol. “Wewant local businesses and nonprofits tooperate these food and activity venues sothat they make money at this festival aswell as help support the Kern CountyMuseum.”

The Kern County Nut Festival will keep20 percent of the sales from nonprofit foodvendors or activity managers; the festivalwill keep 25 percent of the sales from for-profit food vendors. All sales will take placethrough a scrip system. No cash will beexchanged.

Merchandise vendors retain 100 percentof their revenues but there is a booth fee.Exhibitors are also charged a small fee andthere are no sales of merchandise at exhib-it booths.

For more information about the KernCounty Nut Festival, contact Beth Pandol,[email protected] or Sheryl Barbich,[email protected] or call the KernCounty Museum at 868-8400.— Kern County Nut Festival media release

Sometimes you feel like anut? Check out the festival

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The almonds in this photo taken over the summer were nearly ready for harvest.Kern County will celebrate the abundant crop at the Nut Festival on June 14 and 15.


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Among the benefits of trying yourhand at any area of the arts —dance, music, visual art, theater — is

the satisfaction you get from makingsomething that is uniquely yours.

Personally, the act of writing is the placeI am most at home. I often refer to it as myconflict-free area.

Erica Pierson takes that feeling of satis-faction one step beyond in a weekly coursethat begins on Monday and continues for11 meetings through April 22. Her course ispart of the Art for Healing program atMercy Hospital coordinated by Sister Sher-ry Dolan.

“This art therapy group will explore howto increase feelings of happiness and satis-faction in life,” Pierson said.

Her method involves having each per-son create a piece of art that reflects a per-sonal experience and then talking about itwith the facilitator and other members ofthe group.

As a kind of ice-breaker, she begins byletting participants choose the media theywant to work with.

“Providing different kinds of art materi-als allows participants to discover whichmedia is most meaningful and comfort-able for them as an individual,” she said,“which in turn can make their art-makingprocess less inhibited.”

Among the choices are chalk pastels, oilpastels, markers and colored pencils;acrylic and water color paints; tissuepaper, collage images, fabric; and someform of clay.

This is the second time Pierson has facil-itated an art therapy group for the Art forHealing program. In the past year, she hasled similar groups at Haven CounselingCenter. Currently, she is studying art thera-py at Phillips Graduate Institute inChatsworth.

The meeting on Monday is mainly forinformational purposes. Group membersmust sign a consent to treatment form andconfidentiality agreement in order to par-ticipate. For more information, write to hervia email at [email protected].

Auditions, auditionsTwo local theater

groups haveannounced audi-tions for upcomingproductions.

Bakersfield Com-munity Theatre

began its tryouts for“Slave Narratives”

Wednesday night, and the second round isslated for this evening.

Kenneth Whitchard, BCT’s new artisticdirector, said the show is part of the the-ater’s annual observance of Black HistoryMonth.

The script will be drawn from the hun-dreds of slave stories that have been pub-lished in the last 150 years.

“It’s something that Drew (Hallum) andI are putting together from actual slavenarratives,” he said. “Cast size will bedetermined after the auditions.”

The production opens on Feb.15 andcloses on March 13.

Meanwhile, Stars Restaurant Theatre willhold auditions on Saturday afternoon forthe Rodgers and Hammerstein musical“South Pacific,” which runs March 1through 23.

Like most of the dinner theater’s shows,the cast must be multi-talented, so be pre-pared to demonstrate your ability to sing,dance and act.

Makes me wonder who will have thehonor of “Washing that man right out of(her) hair.”

Nat Dove’s blues awardBlues and boogie pianist Nat Dove,

who’s lived in Bakersfield for 10 years orso, has done a lot of traveling in the pastsix months.

In the early part of summer he was inBryan, Texas, which is not far from thecommunity of Mumford, where he wasborn in 1939, to direct the inaugural BryanTexas Blues Festival. Fittingly, the two-day

event was subtitled: “Bringing the BluesBack Home.”

Two weeks later Dove was in Washing-ton, D.C., where he was one of those whoperformed for an audience of more than250,000 at the Smithsonian Institution’s45th Folklife Festival on the NationalMall.

And on Jan. 29, he’ll be in Memphis,Tenn., as one of the 15 recipients of the2013 Keeping the Blues Alive LifetimeAchievement Awards, from The BluesFoundation. Each winner is placed in aspecific category. Dove is in the educationcategory.

The foundation is an internationalorganization, something that’s evident inthe countries this year’s recipients callhome. Most are from the United States, butone winner is from Quebec in Canada,another lives in Norway and still another isfrom Spain.

In a statement regarding Dove’s selec-tion, the foundation cited his “long andsuccessful career in music as a performer,composer and an in-demand sideman forsome of the greats of music.”

Yet he is being honored for his role as aneducator. Dove, it said, devoted the past 30years to teaching, writing books, and lec-turing on African-American music and cul-ture.

Locally, he has visited schools as anartist in residence for the Arts Council ofKern, and has given lectures at Cal State

Bakersfield and the Bakersfield Museumof Art. He also has lectured in Tokyo, UCSanta Barbara and at New York Universi-ty.

The Blues Foundation is an internation-al organization founded in 1980. Accordingto its website, it has 4,500 members.

Classes focus onartistic healing

‘Slave Narratives’ auditionsWhen: 6 to 8 p.m. today

Where: Bakersfield Community The-

atre, 2400 S. Chester Ave.

Admission: Free


‘South Pacific’ auditions When: noon to 3 p.m. Saturday

Where: Stars Restaurant Theatre, 1931

Chester Ave.

Admission: Free


‘Happiness with the Life You’ve Got’When: 7 p.m. Monday

Where: Art for Healing Building, 2215

Truxtun Ave.

Admission: Free


Camille Gavin CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

GO & DO

Camille Gavin’s “Arts Alive” column appears on Thursday.

Write to her via e-mail at [email protected]

Local bluesman earnsprestigious recognition

PHOTO COURTESY OF ERICA PIERSON

Erica Pierson is facilitator of Art for Healing, an art therapy course at Mercy Hospital.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NAT DOVE

Blues and boogie pianist Nat Dove hasdone a lot of traveling in the past sixmonths, working on projects in Texasand Washington, D.C.


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Although they sang “It Sucks toBe Me,” the cast of last year’s“Avenue Q” had many reasons tocelebrate Sunday night. That’swhen the production took home11 trophies at the 10th annualEmpty Space Awards.

The actors performed theaforementioned song before anaudience of more than 130 peo-ple, who also were given a sneakpeek of the upcoming seasonopener, “Spring Awakening.”

Whether it was the excitementof celebrating a decade in opera-tion or the well-stocked bar atStockdale Country Club, guestsand presenters alike remainedupbeat for the nearly three-hourceremony. An opening medleyfrom the board of directorsreworked portions of songsincluding “Gold Digger,” “Don’tStop,” “Sweet Escape” and“You’re Beautiful,” featuring a jab

at the currently shuttered Spot-light Theatre’s plan to become anEquity theater: “We won’t chargeadmission / Donations only, man/ And you can bet that it’ll be bet-ter than a five-year-plan.”

Some presenters’ banter, writ-ten by Jason Monroe and MichaelArmendariz, as well as accept-ance speeches poked fun at theSpotlight and other local venues,

but most commentary focusedon honoring or ribbing their owntheater.

Veteran actor Norman Colwell,who won the best supporting

male actor in a drama for “BoyGets Girl” (tying with DonMcPherson), declared, “Thanksfor making me an overnight suc-cess.” Colwell said he started at

The Empty Space with “TheBourgeois Gentleman” in 2008.

“Avenue Q” actress AlexandraMays, awarded best lead female

Full throttle at Empty Space Awards10th anniversary addsluster to celebration

PHOTOS BY ROGER MATHEY

Brian Sivesind, The Empty Space’s executive director and founder, leads the theater’s board of direc-tors in a opening song medley at the 10th annual Empty Space Awards held Sunday at StockdaleCountry Club.

Logan Haarsager holds hisYoung Actor of the Year Award,which he received for his workin “Gorey Stories” and “HurryUp Santa/The Jack Frost Show.”

Please see EMPTIES / 29


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Choosing the right band name can beas difficult as formulating the rightmusical chemistry among artists.

Not for Bakersfield folk pop duo Arizoni-ty.

First introduced as the Arizona Teasthrough a series of homemade YouTubevideos, percussionist Josiah Frazier andguitarist/vocalist Hannah DiMolfettopromptly changed their name to Arizonityto avoid legal trouble.

“We realized real quickly that could be acopyright infringement. So, we changed itto the next best thing. People always askedus, ‘What does the name mean? It’s sodeep.’ No, it’s not that deep. We like Ari-zona Tea. Arizonity is the closest thing wecould do without going to jail.”

Within just a few months of forming, theduo opens for post hardcore outfit TheHollowed at The Dome on Saturday.

“Writing music together works reallywell with us. I’m a big lyric person andshe’s big on melody,” said Frazier, 24. “Wealso have the music that Hannah has hadfor years.”

Frazier may be familiar as the formerdrummer for Bakersfield alt-rockersCidona. After leaving the group last year topursue his latest project full time, he hasn’tlooked back.

“I wish them nothing but the best,” hesaid. “Their new drummer, Diego Barrien-tos, is a fantastic musician. I’m reallyhappy for them. They got a lot of talent.”

DiMolfetto, 20, who’s been performingaround Bakersfield since her teens, isanother well-known face from the coffee-house and all-ages circuit. She also knowsa thing or two about the benefits of theeconomics of music, growing up aroundthe family business, Rosedale Music inBakersfield.

“This project was originally about melooking for musicians on my solo project,but when Josiah and I started playingmusic together, we really liked what wefound,” she said.

Between DiMolfetto’s back catalog oforiginal material and Frazier’s collabora-tion, they’ve already begun making head-way. Last year, they auditioned for “Ameri-can Idol,” where they made it to the sec-ond round of unaired segments beforebeing sent home. Then in November theyauditioned for “America’s Got Talent.”

According to Frazier, theyshould be receiving news

from the show’s produc-ers as to the results oftheir latest attempt.

“The auditions werefun, but we’re really

working hard on

recording a new EP and concentrating onthe business end of things. What I learnedin Cidona is that you need to have some-thing for people to get a hold of and wereally want to make sure it sounds goodbefore we get it out there.”

DiMolfetto said the group is looking toadd a backing group of musicians; howev-er the marketing focus will remain on herand Frazier, who happen to be a romanticitem offstage.

“It can be really hard sometimes andcrazy, but overall we both want the samething. We both love music and have thiscompleteness when we play with the har-monies and the drums.”

To stay in the loop on Arizonity’sprogress, visit facebook.com/arizonitymu-sic, or put in a search on YouTube.

Saturday’s showtime is 6:30 p.m. Alsoappearing are Eyes on the Skyline, FarFrom Forever. Admission is $10. All ages.The Dome is located at 2201 V St. For moreinformation, call 327-0190.

Active Drummers in BakersfieldYou may have heard the cruel jokes

about drummers…What's the last thing a drummer says in

a band? “Hey guys, why don’t we try one of my

songs?”Or:How do you get a drummer to play qui-

eter?Put a chart in front of him.Ouch. Well, local drummers in need of some

group therapy now have a place to bethemselves, thanks to the new Facebookgroup Active Drummers in Bakersfield.

Bakersfield drummer Cesareo Garasa,who teaches and performs with severallocal and out-of-town groups, started thegroup, saying that drummers often aremisunderstood.

“Drummers have this real special bondbetween each other, not like guitaristswhere it’s always a competitive thing,” saidGarasa, 39. “When drummers show youpictures of their kit, it’s like they’re show-ing you proud pictures of their kids. I’venever met one drummer that’s said, ‘I hateplaying drums.’”

Garasa said he was amazed at howquickly the group has grown in just a littlemore than a week since its activation.

“It took on a life of its own. Right now,you’re getting all these people talkingshop. A lot of these guys won’t meet eachother in the scene, but you put them in aroom together and things just go. Drum-mers are very open to other drummers.”

A recent visit to the group revealed thatdrummers of all ages had already postedphotos of their own drum kits, as well asvideos of themselves and their favoritesperforming.

“I like people posting videos of them-selves, training videos, and what they’repracticing. Community and education,everyone gets a chance to throw their twocents in.”

The group, found by putting in a searchon Facebook, is free to join and comeswith only a few restrictions. If you have aknack for drumming and geeking out withfellow musicians over the latest and great-est techniques and equipment, consideryourself cordially invited.

“This is for drummers and percussion-ists in Kern County and those sympatheticto what we do. Once they start postingspam, they’re out. This is for talking aboutdrumming and music with drummers.”

Though Garasa said everything’s beenpositive so far, he wouldn’t be surprised ifsome negativity creeps in since musicianstend to be sensitive about their art.

“No one’s said anything bad. No argu-ments yet. There’s something about usdrummers, because we get to beat stuff upfor fun. We don’t stay mad for long.Besides, apathy and complacency is notneeded in the scene.”

Bluegrass blowoutWe received a nice note from Kelvin Gre-

gory, organizer of the Great 48 bluegrassevent held last weekend in Bakersfield:

“The walk-up ticket sales for the show-case and the Rhonda Vincent concert werefantastic. The leukemia charity did verywell and we raised approximately $4,500for them, and Rhonda was a sell-out. With-out the support of you and the BakersfieldCalifornian I doubt that we could havedone as good. This is what I like aboutBakersfield — people help each other out.”

Matt’s pickTanked at Riley’s Backstage, 1523

19th St., 8 p.m., Saturday. Free. If there’s ever a book written on Bakers-

field punk rock in the ’90s, Active Ingredi-ants would certainly be deserving of theirown chapter. Performing for more than adecade, the trio released a string of under-ground favorites for a loyal fan base, bothindependently as well as through Beer CityRecords, a tiny label based out of Milwau-kee. But as with most young bands, ageand responsibility usually pull the brakeson the fun. After a few breaks and reunionsas Active Ingrediants, members Scott Bur-ton, Dennis Harrison and Jeremy Cravenshave returned as Tanked, performingsteadily at local watering holes just like thegood ol’ days. They’ve also been recordingnew tracks, which can be previewed onlineat reverbnation.com/tankedband. Alsoappearing on the bill are Metal Fatty andBedlam. Sounds like the perfect date night.

She’s got melody, he’s got lyricsThe Lowdown with Matt Munoz

Matt Munoz is editor of Bakotopia.com, a sister

website of The Californian that devotes itself

to promoting Bakersfield’s art scene. Matt’s column

appears every Thursday in Eye Street.

Together, they’re the newpop duo Arizonity

PHOTO BY LEE IBARRA

Bakersfield drummer Cesareo Garasa, pictured above performing at Buck Owens’Crystal Palace on Dec. 31, has started a new Facebook group for local drum enthusi-asts to exchange ideas.

PHOTO BY DAVID CADENA

Arizonity appears Saturday at TheDome. Pictured from left are HannahDiMolfetto and Josiah Frazier.

actor in a musical and breakthrough per-formance for her role as Kate Monster, alsocelebrated the Space, describing it as the“best example of what theater can be.”Mays, who now attends Notre Dame deNamur University in Belmont, also said, “Idon’t miss much about Bakersfield, but Ido miss The Empty Space.”

In accepting the award for best leadactor in a comedy for “A Day in the Deathof Joe Egg,” Brian Sivesind again touchedon his deep connection with the theater hefounded in 2003.

“Ten years ago, I played Hamlet on my30th birthday. ... I built a theater so I couldplay Hamlet,” he joked.

Sivesind also was recognized with hismother’s namesake honor, the MarySivesind Award for Significant Patronageand Leadership. His mother, who passed

away in 2001, was honored with a posthu-mous Best Patron honor at the first EmptySpace Awards, acknowledging her financialcontribution to helping start the theater.

The executive director had been selectedfor the award by artistic director BobKempf. In a bit of off-stage humor, bothSivesind and Kempf approached financialdirector Kristina Saldana — who producedthe awards show — with an idea to honorthe other during the ceremony. Saldanacalled both up on stage for a tearful andheartfelt acceptance. (Kempf was honoredwith the eponymous Robert L. Kempf Life-time Achievement Award for 10 years ofservice to The Empty Space. )

But the most touching moment of thenight was the surprise awards for twoyoung thespians. Logan Harsaager, whoappeared in last year’s “Gorey Stories” and“Hurry Up Santa/The Jack Frost Show,”

was the first recipient of Young Actor of theYear Award. Next up, introduced as the“most professional actor at The EmptySpace,” Lexie Watkins also accepted heraward with tearful thanks to Kempf andco-star Amy Hall. Kempf directed Lexie in“The Miracle Worker,” in which she playedHelen Keller to Hall’s Anne Sullivan. Inaddition, Watkins also performed in “A

Day in the Death of Joe Egg.”Along with honoring the hard work on

stage and behind the scenes, the showpaid a simple tribute to its patrons whenSivesind asked those in attendance whohad not been involved in a show to standup. As the crowd applauded, Sivesinddeclared, “Without an audience, we could-n’t have theater.”


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Young Actors of the YearLogan Haarsager

Lexie Watkins

The Robert L. KempfLifetime AchievementAwardBob Kempf

The Mary SivesindAwardBrian Sivesind

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“Oil”Huell finds out how oil made

Kern County great, visiting thevast Midway-Sunset Field, the topoil-producing field in the lower 48states, and the West Kern OilMuseum in Taft, which has one ofthe last huge wooden derricks inexistence. Huell’s last stop is thesite of the Lakeview Gusher,which at the turn of the centurywas the largest gusher in theUnited States.

“Cotton”Huell spends a day in Button-

willow, which calls itself the “Cot-ton Capitol of California” and hasa great time out in the fields. Forhistorical purposes, he picks cot-ton the old-fashioned way, andthen steps into the future andlearns about a state-of-the-artcotton gin.

“Noriega’s”Huell is off to the Noriega’s

Hotel, where he not only enjoysan amazing meal, but he is treat-ed to wonderful stories about theBasque culture in the area.

“Shark Tooth Hill”Huell visits a massive archeo-

logical site with millions of fossilsdating from the Miocene Epoch,15 million years ago. Kern Countywas once at the bottom of a hugesea filled with massive prehistoricsharks called megalodons. Huellalso visits the Buena Vista Muse-um, which houses amazingarcheological finds recoveredfrom Sharktooth Hill.

“Kern River Preserve”The Kern River Preserve, which

features natural beauty, wildflow-ers and turkey vultures.

“Randsburg”The historic and remote min-

ing town of Randsburg.“Petroglyphs”Huell travels to the Naval Air

Weapons Station China Lake tosee some rock art that is arguablythe largest concentration withinthe Western Hemisphere. Thoughan accurate dating technique isstill being sought, it is thoughtthat some petroglyphs are 16,000years old.

“Lopez-Hill House”J.J. Lopez, the longtime manag-

er of Tejon Ranch, built a Victori-an-style home in Bakersfield in1909. In the 1960s, the home wasoccupied by Arlin and LavernHill, who migrated from Oklaho-ma after the devastating effects ofthe Dust Bowl. Now, this long-overlooked California landmarkhas finally been renovated andpreserved, thanks to localfundraising efforts.

“Oil Workers”Huell returns to Taft to cele-

brate its 100 years as an incorpo-rated city and is on hand for thededication of the oil worker mon-ument, a huge bronze statue thatis sure to become a focal point ofthis historic town.

“Lunar landing”Huell visits Dryden Flight

Research Center in Edwards,which is NASA’s primary centerfor atmospheric flight researchand operations.

“Chavez Center”Set on 187 acres, the Chavez

Center, once home to a tubercu-losis hospital, is where the laborleader lived and worked duringhis last quarter century as hefought for better rights formigrant workers.

“Wasco”There’s nothing like acres and

acres of rose bushes to stimulatethe eyes and nose. Huell gets abehind-the-scenes tour of howrose bushes are harvested, pack-aged and shipped to nurseriesand home centers all over the

country. “Tejon Ranch”Huell sees the diverse beauty of

the 270,000-acre ranch and learnsabout its rich history.

“Big Things in the Desert”A special on California deserts

features a segment on Boron,where Huell encounters a bighole and a big truck. The big holeis the open pit mine where about50 percent of the world’s boraxcomes from. To get the borax outof that huge open pit requires

trucks that are two stories high,as wide as a two-car garage andlonger than a city bus.

“Windmills”This special on wind technolo-

gy includes Enron Wind inTehachapi, which was the biggestand most modern windmill Huellcould find.

From the “Road Trip withHuell Howser” series

“Tehachapi”Join Huell as he tries to get to

Tehachapi, only to keep stum-bling across many roadside gemslike: a movie set built in the mid-dle of the desert, a lake with nowater, the Antelope Valley IndianMuseum, and the Mojave airport.Finally, Huell arrives in Tehachapito visit with Betty Stokoe and herbackyard full of railroad signals.Also featured is the world-famousTehachapi Loop.

“Bakersfield” Huell samples Basque food,

visits a Tule Elk reserve and tourscountry music legend BuckOwens’ Crystal Palace.

“Ridge Route”Completed in 1915, the Ridge

Route was carved from the SanGabriel Mountains by workersusing mule-drawn dirt scrapers.From ridge top to ridge top, theycleared a 20 foot-wide roadway,which was the first direct routebetween Los Angeles and Bakers-field.

“Oildorado”Huell attends Taft’s 95th

anniversary. It’s a tribute to thefamilies which make up the com-munity, as well as its rich oil his-tory.

HOWSER: CONTINUED FROM 22

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“California’s Gold” host Huell Howser speaks to Sharktooth Hillowner Bob Ernst in 2006 about some of the fossils found on hisproperty. The segment later aired on the PBS program.


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BY SUSAN KINGLos Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — “The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn — Part 2” may have earnedmore than $800 million internationally atthe box office, but the final chapter in theromantic tale of Bella and Edward alsodominated the 33rd annual Razzie nomi-nations.

The Golden Raspberry Awards celebrate“the worst accomplishments in film.” Thenominations were announced Wednesdaymorning, the day before the AcademyAward nominations will be unveiled.

“Twilight Saga” received 11 nominations— including worst picture, worst actor forRobert Pattinson, worst actress for KristenStewart (her nomination also is for “SnowWhite and the Huntsman”), worst support-ing actress for Ashley Green, worst sup-porting actor for Taylor Lautner and worstdirector for Bill Condon. It was also nomi-nated in the categories of worst ensemblecast, worst screenplay, worst screen coupleand worst remake, rip-off or sequel.

Vying with “Twilight Saga” in the worst-picture category are “Battleship,”“Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure,”“That’s My Boy!” and “A Thousand Words.”

Besides Pattinson, worst actor nomineesare Nicolas Cage for “Ghost Rider: Spirit ofVengeance” and “Seeking Justice”; Eddie

Murphy for “A Thousand Words”; TylerPerry for “Alex Cross” and “Tyler Perry’sGood Deeds”; and Adam Sandler for“That’s My Boy!”

Joining Stewart in the worst actress cate-gory are Katherine Heigl for “One for theMoney”; Milla Jovovich for “Resident Evil:Retribution”; Tyler Perry as Madea in“Madea’s Witness Protection”; and BarbraStreisand in “The Guilt Trip.”

Rounding out the supporting actresscategory are Jessica Biel for “Playing forKeeps” and “Total Recall”; Brooklyn Deck-er for “Battleship” and “What to ExpectWhen You’re Expecting”; Jennifer Lopez for“What to Expect When You’re Expecting”;and Rihanna for “Battleship.”

Joining Lautner in the supporting actorcategory are David Hasselhoff as himself in“Piranha 3DD”; Liam Neeson for “Battle-ship” and “Wrath of the Titans”; NickSwardson for “That’s My Boy!”; and VanillaIce as himself in “That’s My Boy!”

Besides Condon, worst director nomi-nees are Sean Anders for “That’s My Boy!”;Peter Berg for “Battleship”; Tyler Perry for“Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds” and “Madea’sWitness Protection”; and John Putch for“Atlas Shrugged Part II: The Strike.”

The awards will be handled out on Feb.23 — the evening before the AcademyAwards — at a location to be announced.

‘Twilight Saga: BreakingDawn — Part 2’ topsnominations for Razzies

Join Eye Street Editor Jennifer Self this

morning on “Californian Radio,” where

she’ll be joined by Jeff Nickell, former

director of the Kern County Museum,

who will share his memories of late tele-

vision great Huell Howser.

Also during the hour, musician and

movie buff Gary Rink will stop by to

share his take on the Oscar nominations,

which are due to be announced in the

wee hours of this morning.

Calls, comments, recommendations and

opinions are always welcome. Just call

842-KERN.

The show airs on KERN-AM, 1180 from 9

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Robert Pattinson, left, and Kristen Stewart appear in a scene from “The TwilightSaga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2.”


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TodaySouth Valley Sound ChorusAcapella Practice Night, 7 p.m.,

Central Baptist Church, 203 South

H St. Visit southvalleysound.org or

346-6190.

Red Cross New Volunteer Ori-entation, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.,

American Red Cross, Kern Chap-

ter, 5035 Gilmore Ave. 324-6427.

Bingo, warmups start at 5 p.m.,

with early birds at 6 p.m., regular

games at 6:30 p.m., Volunteer

Center of Kern County, 2801 F St.

From $20 buy-in to “the works.”

395-9787.

Guitar Class, taught by John

Gomez, for individuals or a group,

Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, 501

18th St. Call 327-7507 for class

details.

Friday“Enchanted Evening,” a black

and white ball with music by

Speakeasy, dancing, 7 p.m.,

Columbus Estates, 3201 Columbus

St. Free. 872-5855.

FLICS International CinemaSociety, presents “Le Havre,”

7:30 p.m., Bakersfield Fox Theater,

2001 H St. $5. flics.org or call 428-

0354.

Saturday24th annual Victim/WitnessAuxiliary 5K/10K, 9 a.m., Lake

Ming. $25. Proceeds to benefit

crime victims of Kern County. Visit

active.com, search for Fog Run.

Central Coast Gun Show &Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Kern Coun-

ty Fairgrounds, 1142 S. P St. $9;

children 13 and under are free; $3

parking. 805-481-6726.

Come Meet Author, with Sandy

Moffett whose story appeared in

"Chicken Soup for the Soul:

Angels Among Us: 101 Inspira-

tional Stories of Miracles, Faith,

and Answered Prayers," 1 to 3

p.m., Russo's, 9000 Ming Ave.

Free. 665-4686.

The Bully Resolution, dog show,

11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kern County Fair-

grounds, 1142 S. P St. $10; $3

parking. 319-4277.

Electronic Waste RecyclingEvent, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kern

County Department of Public

Health Services, 1800 Mt. Vernon

Ave. Free. Email

[email protected] or 873-

4011.

Free Electronic Waste Recy-cling Event, 9 a.m. to noon, Cen-

tennial High School, 8601 Hage-

man Road. 873-4011.

Free Home ImprovementWorkshops, “Martha Stewart

Living Specialty Finishes,” 10 to 11

a.m. and “Kitchen Design,” 1 to

2:30 p.m. Saturday; “Design Stor-

age,” 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Home

Depot locations. homedepot.com

or call 800-430-3376.

Mayor’s Freeway Cleanup,meets prior to 9 a.m., Park & Ride

lot on Stockdale Highway, west of

Oak Street. Group will travel by

bus/van to various cleanup loca-

tions. 326-3770.

Pet Adoptions, cats, 10 a.m. to 4

p.m., Petco, 8220 Rosedale High-

way. $65 includes spay/neuter,

vaccines and leukemia testing.

327-4706; pets from the Shafter

Animal Shelter; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,

PetSmart, 4100 Ming Ave. $75,

includes spay/neuter and vac-

cines. 746-2140.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post10859, Rosedale & Ladies Auxil-

iary, 9:30 a.m., Norris Road Veter-

ans Hall, 400 Norris Road. 588-

5865.

Yokuts Park Fun Run, practice

racing and earn points, 7 a.m.,

Yokuts Park, Empire Drive off Trux-

tun Avenue. Free. bakersfieldtrack-

club.com or 203-4196 or 391-

7080.

SundayPizza Fest With Bermuda, also

appearing A past Unknown,

Deserters, Those Who Fear, doors

open at 5 p.m., Jerry’s Pizza, 1817

Chester Ave. $10. Visit tim-

gardeapresents.com or 633-1000.

Kern Audubon Society FieldTrip, to Kern National Wildlife

Refuge, meet at 8 a.m., at Kern

River Parkway parking lot across

from CSUB. Bring water, snacks

and binoculars. 833-6705.

THEATERImprov Comedy Show, with

Center For Improv Advancement,

8 p.m. Fridays, JC’s Place, 1901

Chester Ave. $5. 322-8209.

ARTDacey Dia Villarreal, featured

artist for the month of January,

Dagny’s Coffee Co., 1600 20th St.

634-0806.

Exhibits on Display, “Embracing

Diverse Voices: 80 years of

African American Art,” “You, Me,

Them,” and “Texture of Place,”

now through March 10, Bakers-

field Museum of Art, 1930 R St.

bmoa.org or 323-7219.

Art Association Meeting, guest

Kathy Schilling demonstrating the

many steps when painting on silk,

also showing the painting process,

9 a.m. Saturday, Bakersfield Art

Association Art Center, 1817 Eye

St. Free. 869-2320.

Stained Glass Classes, six-week

class, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednes-

days; 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays,

Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, 501

18th St. 327-7507.

Art Classes, in drawing, water-

color, oils, color theory, for begin-

ners and advanced, Bakersfield

Art Association Art Center, 1817

Eye St. 869-2320.

Art for Healing program, class-

es that alleviate stress, resulting

from illness, or grief. All classes

are free but some suggest a dona-

tion and are held at Mercy Hospi-

tal, Truxtun Campus, Truxtun and

A St. Visit mercybaakersfield.org/

art or to register, 632-5357.

The Art Shop Club, a quiet place

to paint, 9 a.m. to noon each

Thursday, Friday and Saturday,

The Art Shop, 1221 20th St. All

mediums. New members and

guests welcome. Visit

facebook.com/pages/art-shop-

club or 322-0544, 832-8845.

MUSIC

’80s danceB. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill,

7401 White Lane, 397-7304; Ulti-

mate ’80s Flashback, 8 p.m. Sat-

urday. $5; 21 and older only.

BluesKern River Blues Society Jam, 2

to 8 p.m. every second Saturday,

Trout’s, 805 N. Chester Ave. 872-

7517.

Classic rock Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139;

Blond Faith, 9 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday.

Pyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner,

323-0053; Elevation 406, 1 to 5

p.m. Saturday.

ComedyElevation Lounge, 818 Real Road,

325-6864; Improv Tuesday — Live

comedy with DJ afterparty, 9 p.m.

Tuesdays.

CountrySandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-

8900; Vince Galindo, 9 p.m.

Wednesdays.

CoverThe Bistro, 5105 California Ave.,

323-3905; Brent Brown, 5 to 8

p.m. Friday.

DancingBeginner Belly Dance Lessons,5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Mondays, Centre

Stage Studio, 1710 Chester Ave.

323-5215. $45 regular session; $65

combo session. bakersfieldbelly-

dance.biz.

DoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio

Court, 633-1949; learn Salsa,

Cumbia, or West Coast Swing, 4 to

7 p.m. every Sunday. $5 per per-

son, per lesson.

Folklorico Classes, advance

dancers/performing group 6 to 8

p.m. Fridays; and beginners, all

ages, 10:30 a.m. to noon Satur-

days, Fruitvale-Norris Park, 6221

Norris Road. $22 per month for

beginners; $25 per month for

advance dancers. 833-8790.

Greenacres Community Center,2014 Calloway Dr., offers ballroom

dance, East Coast swing (jitter-

bug) and Argentine Tango dance

classes; $35, $45 for non-mem-

bers. 322-5765 or 201-2105.

Joaquin Squares, 7:30 to 9:30

p.m. Thursday, Rasmussen Center,

115 E. Roberts Lane. $5. 324-1390,

325-3086 or 399-3658.

Mavericks Singles, dancing with

music by Country George, 7 to 10

p.m. Friday, Kern City Town Hall,

1003 Pebble Beach Drive. $7; $9

guests. 831-9241.

DJBellvedere Cocktail Lounge,

3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139;

DJ Brian, 7 to 11 p.m. Tuesday.


Court. 323-7111; live in the mix: old

school, ’80s and ’90s music, 9

p.m. to 1:30 a.m. every Saturday.

Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White

Lane, 834-1611; with DJ Chill in the

Mixx, 5 p.m. every Friday until 2

a.m. Saturday.

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737

Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749;

DJ James, 9 p.m. Thursdays

through Saturdays. Free.

The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, atHotel Rosedale, 2400 Camino

Del Rio Court, 327-0681; with Meg,

7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

JazzCafe Med, 4809 Stockdale High-

way., 834-4433; Richie Perez, 7:30

to 11 p.m. Thursdays.

Imbibe Wine & Spirits Mer-chant, 4140 Truxtun Ave., 633-

WINE; live music & wine bar with

featuring local artist and Jazz

Connection, along with 24 wines,

6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and

Thursday; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Fri-

day and Saturday.

King Tut, 10606 Hageman Road;

live instrumental and vocal jazz,

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Friday and

Saturday. Free.


Lane, 834-1611; Bakersfield Jazz

Workshop, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

every Wednesday.

Que Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701

Ming Ave., 832-5011; Jazz Invasion,

9 to 10 p.m. every Saturday. jazz.

The Nile, Jazz Music, 6 p.m. every

Sunday. Cost $10 at 1721 19th St.

364-2620.

KaraokeBanacek’s Lounge, 4601 State

Road, 387-9224; 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Fridays.

Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,

3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 9

p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays and Sun-

days.

Best Western, 2620 Buck Owens

Blvd., 327-9651; The Junction with

host Mac Clanahan, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays.

Big Daddy Pizza, 6417 Ming Ave.,

396-7499; 7 to 10 p.m. every Tues-

day; 8 to 11 p.m. every Friday.

Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 4200 New

Stine Road, 397-5000; 6:30 to

9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 6111 Niles St.,

363-7200; 6:15 to 10:15 p.m. Tues-

days.

Chateau Lounge, 2100 S.

Chester Ave., 835-1550; 9 p.m.

every Saturday.

City Slickers, 1001 W. Tehachapi

Blvd., 822-4939; 7 p.m. Tuesdays

and Thursdays.

Corona’s Cantina, 9817 S. Union

Ave., 345-8463; 7 to 10 p.m. Fri-

days.

Don Perico Restaurant, 2660

Oswell St., Suite 133, 871-2001; 7

to 11 p.m. Thursdays.


Court; 8 p.m. to midnight Tues-

days.

El Torito Restaurant, 4646 Cali-

fornia Ave., 395-3035, Karaoke

with Irish Monkey Entertainment,

8 p.m. Saturdays.

Elevation Lounge, 818 Real

Road, 325-6864; 9 p.m. Wednes-

day.

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Kern River Blues Society Jam, 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Trout’s,

805 N. Chester Ave. 872-7517.

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Ellis Island Pizza Co., 3611

Stockdale Highway, 832-0750;

karaoke contest, four $25 gift cer-

tificates will be given away, 6 to 9

p.m. Tuesday.

Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 Alfred

Harrell Highway, 873-7613; 6 to 9

p.m. every Wednesday.

Iron Horse Saloon, 1821 S.

Chester Ave., 831-1315; 7 to 11

p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Julie’s The Branding IronSaloon, 1807 N. Chester Ave., 6 to

10 p.m. every Friday.


Lane, 834-1611; A to Z Karaoke, 8

p.m. to midnight Tuesdays.

Lone Oak Inn, 8 p.m. every Tues-

day and Thursday at 10612

Rosedale Hwy. 589-0412.

Long Branch Saloon, 907 N.


every Wednesday.

Magoo’s Pizza, 1129 Olive Drive,

399-7800; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tues-

day.

Maria Bonita Mexican Restau-rant, 10701 Highway 178, 366-

3261, 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays. All ages.

McMurphy’s Irish Pub &Sports Bar, 14 Monterey St., 869-

1451; 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays.

Pour House, 9 p.m. Fridays and

Saturdays at 4041 Fruitvale Ave.

589-9300.

Pyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner,

323-0053; 8 p.m. to midnight Sat-

urdays.

Replay Sports Lounge & Grill,4500 Buck Owens Blvd., 324-

3300; 8 p.m. every Wednesday.

Rocket Shop Cafe, 2000 S.

Union Ave., 832-4800; 8:30 p.m.

to midnight Saturday.


Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749; 8

p.m. Mondays through Wednes-

days.

Rocky’s Pizza & Arcade, 2858

Niles St., 873-1900; Joey Zaza’s

Karaoke and Stuff, 5:30 to 9:30

p.m. Tuesdays.

Round Table Pizza, 2060 White

Lane, 836-2700; 6 to 9 p.m. Tues-

day.

Round Table Pizza, 4200 Gos-

ford Road, 397-1111; 6 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays.

Rusty’s Pizza, 5430 Olive Drive,

392-1482; 6:30 to 9 p.m. every

Wednesday.

Sky Bar and Lounge, 4208

Rosedale Highway, 633-1116,

Karaoke with Ben Lara, 7 to 11

p.m. Tuesdays.

Sports & Spirits, 6633 Ming

Ave., 398-7077; 9 p.m. Thursdays

and Saturdays.

Sports & Spirits, 9 p.m. every

Thursday and Saturday at 6633

Ming Ave. 398-7077.

Syndicate Lounge, 1818 Eye St.,

327-0070; with Alisa Spencer, 9

p.m. every Wednesday.

Tejon Club, 6 to 10 p.m. every

Saturday at 117 El Tejon Ave. 392-

1747.

The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, atHotel Rosedale, 2400 Camino

Del Rio Court, 327-0681; 7 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Junction Lounge, 2620

Buck Owens Blvd., 327-9651; 8:30

p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

The Old River Monte Carlo,9750 Taft Highway, 837-0250;

8:30 p.m. every Thursday.

The Playhouse Lounge, 7 to 10

p.m. every Sunday at 2915 Taft

Highway. 397-3599.

The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall

Road, 831-1413; hosted by Ed

Loverr, 9 p.m. to midnight Friday.

The Regent, 2814 Niles St., 871-

4140; 8:30 p.m. Fridays.

The Wright Place, 2695-G

Mount Vernon Ave., 872-8831, 8

p.m. every Thursday.

Tomi’s Cowgirl Cafe, 7 to 10

p.m. Friday, 1440 Weedpatch

Highway. 363-5102’s & TheBlackboard Stages, 805 N.


Mondays and Thursdays, 8:30

p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fri-

days, Saturdays and Sundays.

MariachiCamino Real Restaurant, 6 to 9

p.m. every Sunday at 3500 Trux-

tun Ave. 852-0493.

Music showcaseThe Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall

Road, 831-1413; featuring local

artists, 7 to 10 p.m. every

Wednesday.

Open micFiddlers Crossing, 206 East F

St., Tehachapi, 823-9994; 7 p.m.

Wednesdays. $5.

Juliana’s Art Cafe, listen to local

performing artists, guitar and sax-

ophone players, 7 to 9 p.m. Fri-

days, 501 18th St. 327-7507. Free.

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St.,

327-7625; musicians, spoken

word, poets, comedians, 8 p.m.

every Wednesday, On the Rocks,

1517 18th St. Free.

R&BSenor Pepe, 8450 Granite Falls

Dr., 661-588-0385, Rebecca

Aguilar and Lost Vinyl, 7 to 10

p.m. Thursday.

RockB. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill,7401 White Lane, 397-7304;

Metalachi and The Aviators, 9

p.m. Friday. $10; 21 and older

only.

KC Steakhouse, 2515 F St., 322-

9910; Jimmy Gaines, 6 to 10

p.m. Tuesday through Thursday;

Jimmy Gaines, Bobby O and

Mike Hall, 6:30 to 11:30 p.m.,

featuring Glenda Robles, 8 to

11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.


Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749;

live bands, 9 p.m. every Thursday.

SalsaDoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, Club Odyssey, 3100

Camino Del Rio Court, 633-1949;

various levels, 3 to 9 p.m. every

Sunday. $5 per person, per lesson.

Soft rockSteak and Grape, 4420 Coffee

Road, 588-9463; 7 to 10 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday. Free.

SongwritersThe Bistro, 5105 California Ave.,

323-3905; Brent Brown, 6 to 8

p.m. Fridays.

Trivia nightBellvedere Cocktail Lounge,

3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 7

p.m. Tuesdays.

Chuy’s, 2500 New Stine Road,

833-3469; 7 p.m. every Tuesday.

On the Rocks, 1517 18th St., 327-

7625; 8 to 10 p.m. Monday.

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-

8900; Trivia Night with Dave

Rezac, 10 p.m. Tuesdays.

VarietyGolden State Mall, 3201 F St.,

872-2037, Joe Loco Duet, 2 to 5

p.m. Sundays.

UPCOMING EVENTSMonday 1/14“Cody Bryant with the Ridersof the Purple Sage,” presented

by Bakersfield Community Concert

Association, 7:30 p.m., Rabobank

Theater, 1001 Truxtun Ave. $80 for

five remaining concerts. bakers-

fieldcca.org or 205-8522 or 589-

2478.

“Happiness with the LifeYou’ve Got” Art Therapy, facili-

tated by Erica Pierson, 7 p.m., Art

for Healing Building, Mercy Hospi-

tal, 2215 Truxtun Ave. Free. Email

[email protected].

Kern County Rose SocietyMeeting, 7 p.m., Calvary Bible

Church, 48 Manor St. 327-3228

Ron Saylor in “Celebrities ofMagic,” 7:30 p.m. Monday and

Tuesday, Gaslight Melodrama The-

atre & Music Hall, 12748 Jomani

Drive. $20. 587-3377.

Tuesday 1/15Sierra Club Conditioning Hikes,three to five miles, 7 p.m., meet at

corner of Highways 178 and 184.

872-2432 or 873-8107.

Wednesday 1/16Kern Photography Association,all skill levels welcome, 6 to 8

p.m., Henley’s Photo, 2000 H St.

kernphotographyassociation.com

or 496-3723.

Thursday 1/17Free Admission Day, 10 a.m. to 4

p.m., Buena Vista Museum of Nat-

ural History, 2018 Chester Ave.

324-6350.

Kern County Mineral Society,meeting, 7:30 p.m., East Bakers-

field Veterans Hall, 2101 Ridge Rd.

834-3128.

South Valley Sound ChorusAcapella Practice Night, 7 p.m.,

Central Baptist Church, 203 South

H St. Visit southvalleysound.org or

346-6190.

Friday 1/18“9 to 5” the Musical, 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sun-

day, Stars Dinner Theatre, 1931

Chester Ave. $52-$57, $37 for stu-

dents; show only: $37, $22 for stu-

dents; matinee: $47-$52, $37 for

show. 325-6100.

Greg Bates, 7 p.m., Buck Owens’

Crystal Palace, 2800 Buck Owens

Blvd. $12.50 to $18.50. vallitix.com

or call 322-5200.

He's My Brother She's My Sis-ter, also appearing Jenny O, doors

open at 7 p.m., Elements Venue,

3401 Chester Ave. $15. Visit tim-

gardeapresents.com or tickets can

be purchased at World Records,

Impact Streetwear, Wavelengths.

Monster X Tour, 7:30 p.m. Friday

and Saturday, Rabobank Arena,

1001 Truxtun Ave. $10-$40 plus

fee. ticketmaster.com or 800-745-

3000.

No Stinkin’ Service ChargeBlues Series, featuring Ray Man-

zarek, Roy Rogers, with opening

act, Suzanne Thomas and the

Blues Church, show at 7 p.m., Dou-

bleTree by Hilton Bakersfield, Club

Odyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio

Court. $30-$35. 831-3100.

Paleo Digs at Ernst Quarriesnear Sharktooth Hill, 8 hours of

hunting per day, keep all teeth and

fossils (some exceptions apply),

Friday through Sunday, Buena

Vista Museum of Natural History,

2018 Chester Ave. $85 single day;

$160 two-day; $225 three-day.

Attendees must be members of

the museum. 324-6350.

Saturday 1/19“Hell and Mr. Fudge” Film, 7

p.m., Fox Theater, 2001 H St. $3

plus fee. vallitix.com or 322-5200.

“Learn How to Make Pizza,” for

ages 5 to 12, 1 to 3 p.m., Bakers-

field Museum of Art, 1930 R St.

$25. Register at

grammyshouse.com.

CSUB Men’s Basketball, vs.

Nebraska-Omaha, 7 p.m., CSUB,

Icardo Center, 9001 Stockdale

Highway. $5-$50. gorunners.com

or 654-BLUE.

Free Home Improvement Work-shops, “Martha Stewart Living

Specialty Finishes,” 10 to 11 a.m.

and “Kitchen Design,” 1 to 2:30

p.m. Saturday; “Design Storage,” 1

to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Home Depot

locations. homedepot.com or call

800-430-3376.

Glinn & Giordano Rio BravoRumble, 5/10K trail run, mountain

bike duathlon, registration 7:30 to

8:30 a.m., starts at 9 a.m., Rio

Bravo Ranch, 15701 Hwy. 178. $35-

$70 by Jan. 14, $10 late fee added

after that date; free kids race.

ggphysicaltherapy.com or 327-

4357.

No Limit Hold ‘Em Tournament,6 p.m., The Aviator Casino, 1225

Airport Drive, Delano. $75 includes

dinner buffet; $20 re-buys and

add-on. Proceeds benefit Brain

Injury Association of California.

201-9782 or 872-4903.

Kern Audubon Society Field Trip, to Kern National Wildlife

Refuge, meet at 8 a.m. Sunday, at Kern River Parkway parking lot

across from CSUB. Bring water, snacks and binoculars. 833-6705.

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