BY MATT MUNOZCalifornian staff writer

mmunoz@bakersfield.com

If you were to make a checklist of popularmusic of the 1980s, the Pointer Sisterscould be a sub-category all their own.

From movie soundtracks to MTV videos,plus hit pop songs heard all over the radiodial, they changed the familiar image ofthe girl group a decade after the Supremescharmed the globe. But far from being imi-tators of divas who came before, thesestreet-wise soul sisters from Oakland had aglitzy R&B style all their own, becomingone of the most commercially successfulcrossover groups of their era.

Though they started as a quartet, hugecommercial success came after sister Bon-nie left, making the group a trio. Followingthe 1977 success of their first major radiohit, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire,”Ruth, Anita and June set out to rule thecharts with a slew of catchy tunes like“He’s So Shy,” “Slow Hand,” “I’m So Excit-ed,” “Jump” and “Automatic.”

Though June died in 2006, the remainingtwo sisters and a rotating lineup of Ruth’soffspring hope to whip fans into a “Neu-tron Dance” frenzy when the Pointer Sis-ters appear at the Budweiser Pavilion atthe Kern County Fair on Friday.

“We had such a great time back then,”said Ruth Pointer, 66, during a recentphone interview from her home in Boston.

“We had already come by success, butwhen ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ came out andwhen we started playing ‘Neutron Dance,’the audience just rushed the stage. Wewere in shock. I almost forgot the words.”

The sisters began singing together asteens at the Bay Area church where theirfather preached the good word. Ruth, theoldest, recalls the seamless vocal chemistryshe and her sisters have always possessed.

“We all have different voices and learnedwhat we were capable of doing with thatchurch training, knowing when to sharethe lead. We instinctively know what theother sister is capable of singing and whereshe’s going to fit into the harmonizing. It’sjust innate in us and because of that, we’venever required a lot rehearsing.”

Outside church, the group performedfirst as a duo, with June and Bonnie, beforeall the sisters reunited as a quartet. Earlycareer highlights include their 1974 per-formance at the famous Rumble in theJungle fight between Muhammad Ali andGeorge Foreman in Zaire, and an appear-ance with Richard Pryor in the classic 1976blaxploitation movie “Car Wash.” BonniePointer left to pursue a solo career a yearlater, leaving the remaining three to reworktheir image and venture into new musicalterritory.

“When we came out, times had changed

for everything for women,” Ruth Pointersaid. “Women’s rights and all differentkinds of things propelled women into a dif-ferent stage of strength and a differentstage of self-reliance. We didn’t come intothe industry groomed and bred like a lot ofperformers these days to be who we were.It was totally homegrown, and we were justhaving a good time, not really aware ofwhat people assumed we should be doing.”

Adding dimension to the Pointer Sisters’music was their choice of material, whichtouched on everything from country, rock,funk, to new wave. “I think most womenhad different ideas about women’s repre-sentation of themselves, and we probablyall fell into that and wanted to do some-thing different than the little prissy girlswith high pitches. We wanted to be a littlerougher and more aggressive.”

Collaborating with some of the biggesthit-makers in the industry, the Pointers’released “Break Out” in 1983. The albumspawned four singles, including “I’m SoExcited.” But while the entire country wasdancing away and executives were fillingtheir wallets, the Pointers worked tirelesslyas self-sustaining artists.

“We were always on the road touringwith Lionel Richie and Chicago. Early inour careers, we didn’t know anythingabout business. Our management wouldsay we didn’t have enough money to payfor things like a stylist, and things of thatnature. I remember running around tryingto find something to wear for the Gram-mys, the American Music Awards. It wasn’tthat we insisted on doing it ourselves. If itwas available to us, no one bothered tomention that. We would watch, learn andduplicate professional stylist techniques.”

Over the years, they did manage regainsome control of their finances, but the les-sons learned in the process were sobering.

“We gave up a lot of power to people. Welearned five years later that we’d lost a lot.We were blindsided about the amount ofmoney you dole out to be ‘taken care of.’We were just so busy, the only thing weknew were the audiences we were perform-ing in front of, not the general public.”

‘... the grief we feel missing her’As the ’80s wound down, the Pointers

continued in various incarnations, makingattempts to rekindle their early success.But when June succumbed to lung cancerat 52, the family was devastated.

“That was probably one of the hardesttimes in my career and every now and

then, it still pops up — the grief we feelmissing her so much. June was theyoungest and loved so much, and shealways had so much love to give. ...

“She was the highest voice in the group.If she wasn’t singing the lead, she and Iwould be in such sync. I could changethings in such an instant vocally, and shedidn’t miss a beat of where I was going,unbeknownst to whoever was leading. Ican’t even explain it, it was just so magical.And I really believe that was just biological,because we knew each other so well. Thechemistry was unmatched.”

Ruth and Anita, 64, are joined these days

by the rotating voices of Ruth’s daughter,Issa Pointer, and granddaughter SadakoJohnson, who will appear Friday.

“I’m just really surprised with the fanbase that we have and surprised the workkeeps coming,” Ruth said. “We would loveto record again. We’re just not sure howand when. We’re still going through somechanges in our lives. There’s a lot of stuffinvolved with trying to make the transitionfrom how they used to do things back thenand how they do things now. ...

“People encourage us to get everyonetogether to do one big album with all ofour families. Maybe one day we will.”

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

Hey, soul sisters: Welcome!Still-groovin’ Pointer Sistersjump on over to the fair

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IndexAaron Tippin ............................................ 26Arts Alive .................................................. 28Breakfast and lunch, Italian-style .......... 2910th annual Celebration of Flight .......... 29The Lowdown with Matt Munoz ............ 30Meet CSUB’S band director...................... 31Itching to write?...................................... 33Calendar .............................................. 35-37

The Pointer SistersWhen: 8 p.m. Friday

Where: Kern County Fair BudweiserPavilion

Admission: Free with fair admission

Information: 833-4900 or kerncoun-tyfair.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE POINTER SISTERS

The Pointer Sisters appear Friday night at the Kern County Fair Budweiser Pavilion.

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In this race, they’re all wienersBY STEFANI DIASCalifornian assistant lifestyles editor

sdias@bakersfield.com

More than 80 runners will head tothe fairgrounds Saturday, ready topant it out in dogged pursuit of

victory. But this is no average race: It’s theWienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals.

The California-based hot dog chain isready to crown the top dog in the 17thannual race. After a brief run at RabobankArena, the contest for dachshunds returnsto the fairgrounds. The winning wienercrowned Saturday wins $250 and an all-expenses-paid trip for two to San Diego tocompete at the national finals in Decem-ber.

Dozens of local doxies are already regis-tered for the race, with many first-timecompetitors like Tuker. Robin Peer, whoshares ownership of the 41⁄2-year-old dap-ple dachshund with son Jeff Cook, said shewas alerted to the contest by a friend whoraces her dog down south and tracks com-petitions.

Peer has watched the dogs in action atLos Alamitos Race Course, so she’s alreadystarted strategizing how to groom Tuker,whom she describes as “very strong-head-ed and fast,” for victory.

“As long as he can keep his attentionon his ball I will have in my hand, he willget to the finish line fast. He is obsessedwith his ball or any toy he has his mindset on. He will take his ball even overfood.”

Peer, who works from home as a mani-curist, said Tuker takes playtime seriously.

“We play ball all the time. If he couldplay 12 hours a day, he would. I haveclients come in, he will bring them the balland put it at their feet. If we tell him, ‘Hey,Tuker, we can’t reach it,’ he’ll nudge theball over with his nose.”

With a dog that rambunctious, Peerknew she needed a strong wrangler as herpartner — rules require two people perdog to man the start and finish lines — soshe enlisted her husband, Jerry.

“My husband is the only one that canhold him. Going for his ball or anythingthat rolls, he will wiggle right out of some-one’s arms. My stepson tried to hold ontohim the other day, but Tuker wanted theball so bad, he got away.”

Peer said her son Jeff was disappointedthat he won’t be there to see Tuker race,but he was unable to get leave from thenaval base in Norfolk, Va., where he is sta-tioned.

Tuker will represent his country and hisowner with his blue camouflage collaremblazoned with the U.S. Navy crest,although it’s a bit worse for the wear sincehe first put it on when Cook enlisted lastAugust.

“It had dog tags on it but those fell off.”If the race goes his way, Tuker can look

forward to a holiday reunion. Peer said ifhe wins, she plans to use the $250 prize tohelp bring Cook home for either Thanks-giving or Christmas, whenever he can takeleave.

Regardless of the outcome, Peer saidshe’s excited to bring Tuker out among hisfellow dachshunds.

“I’m looking forward to seeing all thewiener dogs together and all the attentionthey get.”

Fellow dog owner Ron Messick said he’salso interested in the social aspect of thecompetition, especially since he doesn’tknow any local dachshund owners.

“It’s a cliquey group. Whenever we goanywhere, we’re asked about our dogs. ...It’s great to share stories about eachother’s dogs and see all the different vari-eties of them.”

How Messick found out about the race isa story in itself.

“I drove to get some dinner at theWienerschnitzel (on White Lane), and, asusual, I take my dogs with me everywhere Igo because they love to go for rides. Iordered at the drive-thru for myself andtwo extra chili cheese dogs for my dogs.

When I arrived at the window for the grub,the clerk got all excited when she saw mydogs, so she told me about the races. I gotthe application from her, and here we are.”

Messick, who will be racing Coco, 6, andBuddy, 2, on Saturday, doesn’t feel toocompetitive.

“I’m not putting a lot of bank on mydogs. I’ve seen video from other dog races,and I’m not taking it that serious. Theymust train. I’m not going to go in and trainmy dogs. We’ll just have a good time.”

Despite the fun-loving attitude, Messickputs better odds on Coco.

“Buddy will be more interested causinghavoc with the other dogs, but Coco can flylike the wind. Our strategy will be to takeone of her many squeaky toys with us and,because she is a daddy's girl, hopefully shecan put the field to a test.”

He plans on taking turns standing at thefinish line with his wife, Linda, who maycoax “mama’s boy” Buddy to stay oncourse.

The Messicks scrapped costume plans— which possibly included a tutu for Cocoand cowboy duds for Buddy — when thedogs rejected an early wardrobe fitting.

“We tried putting some (shirts andscarves) on them a couple of weeks ago.They basically rolled over and didn’t like it.... Buddy laid down and wouldn’t even getup.”

Costumes aren’t necessary, according toErik Estrada, general manager for theWienerschnitzel on Ming Avenue.

The dogs will have “their own weinerjacket, a nice coat that covers their wholebody. They’ll look so cute, like champion-

bred dogs.”The colorful garb will help organizers

keep track of each dog during each prelim-inary race of up to eight dogs and the finalrace, Estrada said.

Dog owners can enter up until noonSaturday, as long as they’ve picked up anentry form at a local Wienerschnitzel. It’sfree to compete, and an entry includestwo fair admissions (for owner andhelper). Estrada said owners should showcompleted entry forms at the gate to gainentrance.

Watching videos of previous races, Estra-da said the contests should make for a funday.

“It’s hilarious. They’re smart. Some own-ers entice they dogs with laser pointers,with toys. They go all out.”

Regardless of who is crowned victor, allthe dogs will earn recognition, Estradasaid.

“When they bring their dog, whoever thewinner, they go from wiener to winner.”

Today’s eventsKern County Fairgrounds, 1142 S. P St.

Hours: 3 to 10 p.m.

Concert: Tower of Power at 8 p.m.

Admission: Advance tickets will besold at Albertsons until Sept. 29 or untilsold out. $6; $3 children. Regular admis-sion is $8; $7 seniors (55 and older); $4children 6 to 12; free for active andretired military with ID and children 5and under; $5 parking. 833-4900.

17th annual WienerschnitzelWiener NationalsWhen: Check-in at noon Saturday, pre-liminary races start at 1 p.m. with finalrace immediately after

Where: Bolthouse Pavilion, Kern Coun-ty Fairgrounds, 1142 S. P St.

To enter: Pick up an entry form at anylocal Wienerschnitzel (seven locationsin the Bakersfield area)

Information: Call Jodie at 626-397-9911 or wienerschnitzel.com

Dachshunds dash for glorySaturday at county fair

ROBERT BENSON / US PRESSWIRE

Dachshunds race toward a finish line in the national finals of the 2006 Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals, a race for fleet-footeddachshunds. The winner from Saturday’s race at the Kern County Fairgrounds will compete in San Diego in December.

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BY MATT MUNOZCalifornian staff writer

mmunoz@bakersfield.com

Though he continues totrumpet patriotism and theAmerican worker — the

red-white-and-blue themes thatrun through his biggest hits —country singer Aaron Tippin issinging a new tune in his own life.

Always a fit guy, the 54-year-oldsinger/songwriter has revved uphis commitment to working outand eating right, and has evenstarted a company that sells anutritional supplement.

“I try to train every day, butunderstand this about Aaron Tip-pin: I would fall off the wagon ina minute if a corn dog goes byme. I realize I’ll have to pay for itlater, but, believe me, Bakersfieldis our last fair of the year, so justget ready: Aaron’s gonna have acorn dog.”

Get the batter ready, food con-cessionaires, because Tippin willmake good on that promise Sat-urday when he performs at theBudweiser Pavilion stage at theKern County Fair. Admission tothe concert is free to all fair-goers.

The Florida native developedhis health-conscious lifestyleafter bursting onto the scene inthe 1990s and flexing his way tothe top of the charts with a string

of hits, including “You’ve Got toStand for Something” and “ThereAin’t Nothin’ Wrong with theRadio.”

Tippin has taken his latest role,as a health food guru, to newheights with the launch of Tip NShaker, a carbohydrate-bustingseasoning he developed with hisaerobic-instructor wife, Thea.

“In body building, nutrition isan important item. When you’regetting into competition, youlearn how your body responds tocertain things like herbs and sup-plements that are beneficial.Once Thea and I got together, shehelped curb my diet quite a bitand helped me with these sup-plements and stuff. She’s MissSticks and Twigs. It was just kindof a natural evolution.

“The Tip N Shaker is kind ofour crown jewel; just sprinkle it

on everything. It’s been highlyeffective for maintaining myweight, so it just naturally goeshand in hand with who I am per-sonally.”

Tippin’s affinity for businesshas kept in the music game evenas tastes have changed. He givessome of the credit for his educa-tion to Buck Owens, whom Tip-pin met during a promotionalstop early in his career.

“Buck Owens was one of myfirst opportunities to learn some-thing about the music business.Buck had that tradition anytime anew act came to town, didn’tmatter what day of the week itwas. I came in there on a Satur-day, and Buck was in his officewaiting on me to get there, so hecould have his talk with me. ...and boy, did he offer a lot of greatideas and thoughts. What a classyguy. He just loved new talent.How I miss him so.”

Tippin said that type of nurtur-ing isn’t always offered to youngartists today, given the popularityof TV talent competitions thatoffer immediate fame.

And Tippin, who won TNN’s“You Can Be a Star” talent contestin 1986, knows what he’s talkingabout.

“Man, I wish mine had been aspopular as those (other talent)

shows are. They come off winningthe contests to selling millions ofrecords; it’s unbelievable. But animportant note is that they don’thave time to mature as entertain-ers. They get slung right intosuperstardom. That’s not alwaysgood, because I think the old pay-ing your dues and learning theropes and how to entertain arevery important. I think there’s alot of talent that’s missing out onthat.”

Tippin’s latest album, “In Over-drive,” should continue to pleasehis fan base. A collection of songsdedicated to life in the trucking

industry, the CD features coversof classics like “Roll On,” “Girl onthe Billboard,” “Six Days on theRoad,” “East Bound and Down”and more.

“It’s important to me thatwhen you’re listening to AaronTippin music, you’re not just lis-tening to another song. You’re lis-tening to a part of who I am, andthat’s very important. I’ve got 22years giving listeners working-class music, and I’m proud of it.”

Opening the show will be hill-billy comedy music duo Williams& Ree, aka “The Indian and theWhite Guy.”

Tippin’ his hand: It’sstill all about America

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Where: Kern County FairBudweiser Pavilion

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Impulse Theatre Company’sshow this weekend at TheEmpty Space is a fine example

of a student-driven approach tolinking Cal State Bakersfield withthe local theater community.

I first wrote about the foundingof the independent company inJanuary of 2011. Their first ven-ture was a play by Michael Mejia,who graduated this year and nowis in Singapore pursuing a mas-ter’s degree in playwriting spon-sored by New York University.

So it’s a pleasure to report thatImpulse is branching out and willpresent four performances of“Almost, Maine,” starting Fridayat The Empty Space.

“We’re all friends, we’re allactors and we’re all connected toCSUB,” said the show’s director,Miguel Torres, in a recent phoneconversation. He is majoring intheater and plans to graduate in2013.

Impulse first presented JohnCanini’s quirky comedy about theups and downs of romance lastweekend in the Arena Theatre atCSUB. Even before the Arena per-formances, however, Torres andothers in the nine-member castknew they wanted to do the showmore than just two nights. Sothey contacted The Empty Space,a local nonprofit theater.

In confirming their appear-ance, I asked Michelle GuerreroTolley, the Empty’s marketingdirector, if Impulse had to pay arental fee to use the playhouse.

“Nope!” she replied in anemail. “Miguel and Impulse cameto us at TES and asked if they cancontinue their run at our theatrebecause they would like to per-form it more than one weekend,and we worked them into theschedule.”

Before launching the produc-tion of “Almost, Maine,” however,Impulse had to come up withabout $600.

“We put in our personalmoney, $300, to buy the rights,”Torres said. “The (CSUB) Office of

StudentInvolve-ment andLeader-ship putup the

other half.They do

this a lot to

help students do differentthings.”

Torres has been a prime moverin getting the show under way. Hesuggested Impulse do it becauseof a wrenching experience he hada few months ago.

“This summer I was heartbro-ken (due to) a huge fall-outbetween me and a friend I’veknown for a long time,” he said.

Doing “Almost, Maine,” hethought, would help his emotion-al pain. And it has.

“It’s all about the (journey)from being friends to a romanticrelationship,” Torres said. “And allit takes is little bit of patience anda little bit of love.

“Almost, Maine” is set in a fic-tional town called Almost andtakes place on a wintry night.It’s a collection of stories aboutthe perilous journey of romanticrelationships told by a series ofcouples and consists of 24vignettes involving nearly asmany characters. Actors in theImpulse version are double-cast— maybe even triple-cast. Crit-ics for the New York Times andother eastern newspapers havelikened it to “Northern Expo-sure,” a 1990s TV series about agroup of eccentric individualsliving in a remote Alaskan town.

Gaslight returns to spaceTrekkie alert: The folks at

Gaslight Melodrama are explor-ing the universe’s outer limitsagain with “Space Trek,” whichopens Friday for an eight-week-end run.

“We did a similar show titled‘Space: The Musical’ five years

ago,” said Michael Prince, artisticdirector. “It was a happy accidentback then that opening night wason the 30th anniversary of theoriginal ‘Star Wars.’ So we decid-ed to continue the tradition ofcelebrating the sci-fi genre againwith this current show.”

“Space Trek” was written byKen Parks of the All-AmericanMelodrama in Long Beach. It’sdirected by Chris Cawthon,Gaslight’s technical director.

“This show is a perfect mish-mash of all things ‘Star Wars’ and‘Star Trek’ with many other popu-lar shows and movies from thegenre thrown in for good meas-ure,” Prince said. “We’re using alot of the props from the originalLong Beach production as well assome of the set pieces and cos-tuming from our (2007) produc-tion of ‘Space: The Musical.’”

Typical of most parodies, thecharacters have names that arespun off from the original movieand TV productions. So the showis about the adventures of Cap-tain Smirk, Mr. Schlock, ChiefEngineer Snotty and Duke Moon-walker as they try to rescuePrincess Hey-Ya from the clutch-es of two “bad guys,” called JuanMontalban and Daft Rader.

The melodrama’s cast includesJay Stodder, Matt Thompson,Shawn Rader Elisa Robinson andChris Burzlaff. The show alsomarks the return of Scott Hillber-ry. Formerly a full-time memberof the Gaslight company, Hillber-ry will be remembered for hisstarring role in “My Big Fat Oil-dale Wedding.”

A vaudeville show paying trib-ute to comic book superheroesfollows the main play. It was writ-ten and directed by Warren Dob-son, Gaslight’s musical director.

MacNeil at StarsInternationally known tenor

Robert MacNeil, a native ofShafter, will be a special guest in aconcert Saturday evening at Stars.

Jim Fillbrandt, Stars executiveproducer, calls it “a special night”featuring home-grown talent.Larry Starrh, also of Shafter, willact as master of ceremonies. Alsoin the show are four local vocal-ists, all of whom have appearedin several productions at Starsand Bakersfield Music Theatre.They are Brenda and Jim Bald-win, Eunice Sears and KathleenSchaffer.

The evening begins at 6 p.m.with a “meet-and-greet” withMacNeil and others in the Starsrestaurant-bar. Dinner will beserved at 7 p.m. in the theaterproper.

‘KidzArt’ benefitA free preview of work created

by about 30 members of theKidzArt program at the Boys &Girls Clubs will be on display thisevening at the organization’sNiles Street location.

It’s the culmination of artworkcreated during the past year bychildren, ages 5 to 18, who attendthe club’s after-school art classes,which are underwritten by theArts Council of Kern.

“Every KidzArt artist has theopportunity to submit an artpiece or two for the Artfestfundraiser with the possibilitythat their piece will be chosen toparticipate in the event’s auc-tion,” said Maggie Cushine,resource development director.“Unfortunately not all the art-work can be included.”

At a separate event on Saturdayselected pieces will be auctionedat the organization’s annual Art-

fest, a $75-per-person dinner tobe held at the Moorea BanquetCenter in southwest Bakersfield.Proceeds will benefit the KidzArtprogram. To purchase a ticket forArtfest, call 325-3730.

When love is the Maine event

‘Almost, Maine’When: 8 p.m. Friday and Sat-urday

Where: The Empty Space,706 Oak St.

Admission: $15; $12 seniorsand students

Information: 327-PLAY

‘Space Trek’When: 7 p.m. Friday and Sat-urday; 2 p.m. Sunday

Where: Gaslight MelodramaTheatre & Music Hall, 12748Jomani Drive

Admission: $23; $21 seniors;$12 children 12 and under

Information: 587-3377

Robert MacNeil and oth-ersReception: 6 p.m.; dinner 7p.m., show 8 p.m. Saturday

Where: Stars RestaurantTheatre, 1931 Chester Ave.

Admission: $55 to 60; showonly, $40

Information: 325-6100

KidzArt exhibitWhen: 5:30 to 7 p.m. today

Where: Armstrong YouthCenter, 801 Niles St.

Admission: Free

Information: 325-3730

Camille Gavin CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

GO & DO

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

Kids’ art on displayat Niles club

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS

Danielle Brown shows her painting of an autumn scene in frontand one of her bottles in the background.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GASLIGHT MELODRAMA

Chris Burzlaff plays Captain Smirk in Gaslight Melodrama Theatre& Music Hall’s production of “Space Trek.”

BY MIRANDA WHITWORTHContributing writer

It’s a homemade mealthat’s cheaper than arun to the drive-thru,

made with love by the Ital-ian Catholic Federation.

Gary Moles, organizer ofSunday’s breakfast andlunch feast, has run theannual event for nearly 20years, though he’s yet todon an apron. He leavesthe cooking to the mem-bers of Our Lady of Perpet-ual Help Parish.

“I do all of the runningaround, getting peopleorganized and then thecleaning up. I have sea-soned professionals that doall of the cooking and it’sreally good. For the price,you won’t get anything bet-ter."

Breakfast includes all ofthe standard American

morning fare: pancakes,sausage, fruit, juice andcoffee. Cost is $5 a plate foradults and $3 for childrenunder 12.

Proceeds go to a numberof worthy causes, includingOur Lady of Perpetual HelpSchool, Catholic seminari-ans, the Special Olympicsand the organization’snational charity, Cooley’sAnemia Foundation, whichsupports people living witha rare blood disorder calledThalassemia.

But the star of the culi-nary show comes at lunch,starting at 11 a.m., withwhat the organization has

dubbed “World FamousItalian Sausage Sandwich-es.” While Moles isn’t surewhether the sandwich’sfame has reached the farcorners of the globe, hesaid the title more than fits.

“It’s kind of a runningjoke. Alan Watts does thelunch cooking, and every-thing he does is worldfamous.”

Watts, the music ministerat OLPH, got in on thefundraising action afterasking the important ques-tion: Why stop at breakfast?Moles knew adding a sec-ond serving was a greatway to keep the event run-

ning and bring in someextra support.

“Alan really likes to cook,and when we just did thebreakfast then the peopleat the noon Mass wouldn’treally get anything, so wedecided to add it on, andit’s worked out great.”

Extending the meal tomake sure everyone cantake part falls in line withthe original mission of theItalian Catholic Federa-tion. Begun in Oakland in1924, the federation was away to bring Italians backinto the Catholic Church.It has since spreadthroughout California,through Arizona and evenout to Chicago. Here inKern County, the federa-tion boasts about 150members whose mainobjective, according toMoles, is to enhance thecommunity atmosphereamong parishioners.

“So many people cometo church and, when it’s

over, will take off really fast.We have these events tokeep people around andget them socializing. And itseems to be working reallywell.”

With the pancake andlunch events four times ayear in addition to the feder-ation’s other fundraisers —including a pasta dinner onPalm Sunday and a horseracing event set for October

— Moles knows that asteady pace fueled by hardwork is the key to success.

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Most of the first generations ofairplane pilots — fighterpilots, test and stunt pilots,

innovators and explorers — were chil-dren when they were inspired by theWright Brothers’ 1903 flight at KittyHawk, N.C. Inspiring new generationsof Kern County children to pursuecareers in aviation is a mission of theTehachapi Society of Pilots, which willhost its 10th annual “Celebration ofFlight” Saturday at the TehachapiMunicipal Airport.

Started in 2003 to commemoratethe centennial of Orville and Wilbur’shistoric flight, the all-day Celebrationof Flight will start with a pancakebreakfast at the airport, followed byexhibits of various types of aircraft, acar show, rides in a tethered hot-airballoon and a bi-plane, and mostimportant — free flights for childrenand teens ages 8-17, called “YoungEagles” flights.

The society is affiliated with theExperimental Aircraft Association, anational organization originating inMilwaukee. The mission of the organ-ization is to promote a “YoungEagles” program as a “flight plan” to acareer in aviation, starting with thatfirst flight.

“(The Tehachapi Society of Pilots)was originally set up to support avia-

tion in Tehachapi and in Kern Countyall around,” said president JohnAbles.

“It’s to get young people interestedin aviation,” Ables said.

“Last year, we awarded a $5,000scholarship to a student who ismajoring in engineering, which was alot of work (to raise).”

Aviation has been a key conduit tothe outside world for the mountaincommunity. Established in 1929, themunicipal airport served as a link inairmail service between Tehachapiand Bakersfield. Airplanes were theonly means of getting fresh suppliesand travel after the 1952 earthquakecut off road and rail access toTehachapi and neighboring areas.

As a center for aviation, Tehachapiis somewhat overshadowed byMojave and Edwards, its morefamous neighbors.

But municipal airport managerTom Glasgow said the community,and its airport, is starting to appearon aviators’ radar.

“In less than an afternoon, you canfly from Los Angeles to Tehachapiwith clients, have lunch, fuel up yourplane and go on to your next destina-

tion,” said Glasgow, who noted theairport has 85 hangars and is a homebase to about 125 aircraft flown byarea residents.

Glasgow said that while theincreasing number of restaurants,wineries, shops and events are mak-ing Tehachapi an attractive destina-tion to visitors, the airfield itself isalso becoming an attraction, due inpart to what he calls “very competi-tive” fuel prices. Ables said airplanefuel is generally about $1 more pergallon that automobile fuel, whichmeans it’s going up.

“You keep flying; you just don’t flyas much,” Ables said.

With cost in mind, Ables and Glas-gow also note Tehachapi’s altitude—around 4,000 feet — is an increasinglyimportant feature.

“It’s a good place to fuel up,” Ablessaid. “You don’t have to expend fuelto gain altitude.”

“When you take off at sea level, get-ting to 3- to 6,000-feet is where youspend the most amount of fuel,”Glasgow said.

Many current and retired employ-ees in the aviation industry also callTehachapi home. Glasgow said somework in Mojave or Edwards, and newjobs are coming to Tehachapi as well,noting that ICON Aircraft is buildingits A5 model at the airport, andalready has 60 employees there.

“The skilled labor is attracted tothis area,” Glasgow said. “It could getto the point where that stops, but sofar it’s holding up quite nicely.”

Sky’s the limit in Tehachapi Airport fun aims to inspireyoungsters to earn wings

10th Annual Celebration of FlightWhen: 7 a.m. SaturdayWhere: Tehachapi Municipal Air-portAdmission: Free

Event raises fundsfor several causes

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So far, September has beenan active month for newlocal music.

It began with the release of theCatastrophist’s EP and releaseparty on Sept. 7 at Riley’s Back-stage, a show so packed that theBPD made a surprise visit tocheck on capacity. About a halfhour before their headlining set, Istood in the Wall St. Alley, hang-ing out with Catastrophist gui-tarist Jordan Rude and singer Eli-jah Jenkins, who assumed they’dbe getting shut down. Fortunate-ly, the venue was just under themaximum limit allowed and theshow continued without pause,although the band ran out of thepromised free physical CDs wellbefore downbeat. To absolvethemselves, they’re allowing fansto download the tracks at nocharge at reverbnation.com/cata-strophist.

Korn’s new live collectionAlso released earlier this month

was the new Korn CD/DVD/Blu-Ray package, “The Path of TotalityTour: Live at the Hollywood Palla-dium.” Filmed last Decemberbefore a sold-out crowd to cele-brate the band’s controversialforay into dubstep/electronicamusic, the group set out to proveallegiance to their metal rootswhile extending their reach intowhat could easily have been acreative misstep.

In front of a wall and ceiling offlashing streaming LED graphics,

Bakersfield singerJonathan Davis,bassist Reggie“Fieldy” Arvizu,guitarist James“Munky” Shaffer,

and drum-mer RayLuzier

greet the packed house beforelaunching into the low rumblingbass and reverberant drum boomof “Get Up!”

Joining the group was specialguest and dubstep collaboratorSonny “Skrillex” Moore on guitar.For the next hour, the band con-tinued with a cross-section ofmore recent fare before reachingback with “Here to Stay” off2002’s “Untouchables,” a newarrangement of “Freak on aLeash,” “Falling Away From Me,”a rare performance of “Pre-dictable,” the bagpipe-twistednursery rhyme mosh of “Shootsand Ladders” and more. The con-cert also features appearancesfrom electro collaborators Exci-sion, 12th Planet, Kill the Noise,Datsik, Downlink and Flinch.

Dutch trio Noisia are the only“Path to Totality” producers notmaking an appearance at theconcert. Having seen Korn livemany times over the course oftheir career, this is by far thetightest the group has soundedmusically and, dare I say, thehealthiest they’ve ever looked.

Visually, the multi-angle con-cert looks better than some of theprevious Korn concert videos thatusually accompany “special edi-tion” versions of every newrelease from the band. This time,however, the band has offeredtwo formats for fans to pick from:DVD or Blu-Ray with enhancedpicture and sound. I had theCD/DVD combo, but that didn’tmake the experience less enter-taining. The sound quality was

standard for my copies, butaccording to the specs I foundonline, the Blu-Ray versioncomes in enhanced 5.1 DTS HD.All you tech-heads will knowwhat to do with that.

In addition to the live concert,the disc comes with interviewsfrom each band member, plusthe extended live band offeringpersonal takes on the difficultiesmeshing electronic styles withacoustic.

“A lot of people love it, a lot ofpeople hate it, a lot of peopledon’t understand what it takes tomake that kind of music,” saidJonathan Davis during his inter-view segment, describing thetime- consuming nature of “Pathto Totality.”

“It’s what’s happening with ourcreative path,” said Shaffer inanother scene. “People thought itwas going to be a dubstep album;it’s not. It’s a Korn album.”

To the band’s credit, Korn has

outlasted the majority of its nu-metal colleagues. Both as a liveshow and risky career move, con-sider “Path to Totality Tour: Live”another triumph for the home-boys.

Lucky Ned PepperOn the country side of things,

former Smokin’ Armadillo mem-bers Rick Russell and guitaristJosh Graham — now known asLucky Ned Pepper — will be cele-brating the release of their long-awaited new CD on the Budweis-er Pavilion stage at the KernCounty Fair Tuesday night.

This marks only the fifth officialappearance of the pair, followingtheir last show in July for theNational Day of the Cowboy con-cert in Springville, and anotherintimate acoustic promotionalshow to ignite some buzz.

“It feels great to have reachedthis point,” said Graham, 39. “Youknow how it is to have a projectdone. We haven’t put this muchwork into a project. It’s justgreat.”

According to Graham, he andRussell agreed to forge ahead fol-lowing the break-up of theArmadillos seven years ago with anumber of new ideas. Toppingthe list was a new sound and newname, Lucky Ned Pepper, takenfrom the character played byRobert Duvall in the 1969 classic“True Grit,” starring John Wayne.

“It was good to be able tochoose whatever sound we want-ed with this. With Armadillos, wewere a band with a particularsound. With this group, we canmake our own sound. Rick has adistinct voice and we can easilyshift into whatever direction we’dlike.”

The group was originally a triowith vocalist Joy Sampson infront, but before leaving thegroup to start a family, Sampsondid some recordings that remainon the new CD.

“When you get close to a proj-ect, it gets hard to be happy withit. With this record, there’s noth-ing I would change about it.”

Korn’s latest creative risk pays offThe 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.

Hometown groupreleases CD/DVD

PHOTO COURTESY OF KALEY NELSON

Korn has just released a CD/DVD concert film of their December concert titled “Path to Totality Tour:Live at the Hollywood Palladium.” Pictured from left: Reggie “Fieldy” Arvizu, Jonathan Davis, RayLuzier and James “Munky” Shaffer.

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BY SUSAN SCAFFIDIContributing writer

Cal State orchestra and bandmusicians will see a new — yetfamiliar — face behind the

podium this year, as Leo Sakamotojoins the music faculty for the 2012-13 academic year as director ofinstrumental music.

Sakamoto, who led the communityconcert band in 2010-11 while DougDavis was on sabbatical, has nowreplaced Davis, who retired at the endof the last academic year. Sakamotowill conduct the band and the still-new chamber orchestra. He will alsoteach courses for music educationmajors, primarily pedagogy classesfor brass, percussion, strings andwinds.

“He will also be teaching part ofour conducting curriculum,” saidRobert Provencio, department chair.“We’re quite certain he will also teachmusic literature classes in the future.”

Sakamoto has just completed hisdoctorate in conducting at UCLA,where he also earned his master’sdegree. While there, Sakamoto, who isalso a trumpeter, conducted or co-conducted several ensembles, includ-ing the wind, brass and chamberensembles, as well as the symphonicbrass ensemble. He has also just start-ed as assistant conductor and trum-peter for the Inland Valley Symphonyin Temecula, and is an active adjudi-cator and clinician for middle andhigh schools.

Sakamoto said he wants to see theCSUB ensembles grow.

“For chamber orchestra, this beingits second year, I’d like to increaseenrollment and participation not onlyfrom the student body but from thecommunity as well,” Sakamoto said.

Sakamoto noted that the fledglingorchestra already includes musiciansfrom the community, Bakersfield Col-lege and even the Bakersfield Sym-phony Orchestra, and he would liketo promote more involvement of thatkind.

“It just gives everyone a greaterexperience overall,” said Sakamoto,who has similar goals for the commu-nity concert band, which is much

more established. Under Davis’ direc-tion, the concert band became notedfor its championing of new composi-tions and currently active composers.Sakamoto said he supports that direc-tion for the ensemble, but will have toproceed slowly.

“We’re trying to hold off making itan official thing for about a year,”Sakamoto said, citing budget woes.

New music usually costs more thanestablished pieces, and the depart-ment already has scores in its librarythat won’t cost the department any-thing, Sakamoto noted.

“(But) I’m always looking for newworks.”

Provencio said the instrumentalmusic post exists currently on a year-to-year basis, but should be a tenuretrack position.

“We got a very, very late start to thesearch because we got a very lateapproval,” Provencio said.

“It wasn’t just us,” Provencio said.“We had delayed approvals all overthe campus.”

Provencio said staffing cuts have sofar been achieved mostly throughattrition — not replacing retiring ordeparting faculty and staff — but thesituation has been getting to thepoint where programs were beingaffected at their core.

“I was reminded of the historydepartment, which had gotten to thepoint where they were going to haveno one with a specialty in Americanhistory,” Provencio said.

Provencio said he looks forward toseeing the instrumental director posi-tion converted to a tenure track posi-tion to protect the music courses thatposition provides.

“Without these courses, it’s impos-sible to continue offering a musiceducation program,” Provencio said.“And it’s not too far from being ableto offer a general music program aswell.”

Provencio said both the chamberorchestra and community concertband are auditioning musicians thisquarter.

Beat goes on with newband director at CSUB

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“Glenn Beck’s Unelectable 2012Live,” being billed as a “politicalcomedic debate” featuring the con-servative media personality, will beshown at 8 tonight at Edwards Cine-ma at The Marketplace.

The tape-delayed presentation willoriginate from the Majestic Theater inSan Antonio. More about the program

from a media release provided byFathom Events, which is coordinatingthe presentation:

“Beck will use the debate format tosay the things politicians can’t — orwon’t — say during this election sea-son. From Democrats to Republicans,lawmakers to law breakers — no oneis safe from Beck and his biting,straight-from-the-hip commentary.”

Comedic political debate, Glenn Beck style‘Glenn Beck's Unelectable2012 Live’When: 8 tonight

Where: Edwards Cinema at TheMarketplace, 9000 Ming Ave.

Admission: $20, available at theboxoffice or fathomevents.com.

PHOTO COURTESY OF LEO SAKAMOTO

Dr. Leo Sakamoto joins the CSUB music faculty this year as director ofinstrumental music.

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BY CAMILLE GAVINContributing writer

gavinarts@aol.com

Anew facet is being added to thealready thriving core of the LevanCenter for the Humanities, based at

Bakersfield College.It’s called the Levan Humanities Review,

and Jack Hernandez, director of the center,said the first issue will be published onlinein April 2013.

In describing the expected content ofthe review, Hernandez said contributionsshould reflect the mission of the center,which demonstrates the philosophy ofNorman Levan, a local physician for whomthe center is named.

“Since Dr. Levan was educated, and isinterested, in science and medicine as wellas the humanities,” Hernandez said, “wewant to encourage interdisciplinary think-ing between these areas.”

There is an ample range of topics towrite about in terms of the connectionsbetween science and other disciplines. AsHernandez points out, the humanitiescover a broad field of study, including liter-ature, languages, philosophy, religion, his-tory, art, music, dance, theater and relatedareas in the social sciences.

“We are aiming it (the review) at a well-educated audience but we want essaysthat are written in language that is accessi-ble to someone not in the field.”

By their very nature, essays such asthese reflect an opinion, a personal view-point, he said.

“For example, someone could write

about how end-of-life issues have affectedthem and their view of the world.”

Those who contribute to the reviewmust be residents of the area served by theKern Community College District, whichencompasses most of Kern County as wellas Porterville in Tulare County.

The review is open to new works byemerging and established local writers,including academics, medical profession-als as well as others in the fields of law,business and journalism, and other inter-ested residents. As for undergraduates, hesaid students at BC, CSUB and other col-leges may submit, but their work needs tohave the kind of content one might find inmagazines like the Atlantic Monthly.

Articles must be no more than 5,000words, and there is no payment for sub-missions.

Poetry will be considered but submis-sions are limited to three poems per sub-mission.

Hernandez will serve as editor of thereview. He will be assisted by an editorialboard that includes Lily Hirsch, a Bakers-field musicologist and former assistantprofessor of music at Cleveland State Uni-versity; Tom Larwood, a local physician;and four members of the BC faculty, all ofwhom are professors in their area ofexpertise. They are Erin Miller, history;Brad Stiles, English; Nick Strobel, physicalscience; and Rene Trujillo, philosophy.

Unleash your innerwriter on the Web Review seeks thoughtfulessays on science, humanities

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The CD is a clever collage of countryimagery from the opening track of “IRemember the Music” on through “DirtRoad,” to the fun-loving spirit of “I OughtaOwn this Bar” and “Cowboy Thing.” Thereare a few glimpses of the Armadillos in thethreading, but the overall fabric of the 11-track disc could very well get them back onthe radio if given the right push. In Bakers-field, it’s particularly difficult to find newcountry music, and “Get Lucky” should geta hearty welcome from local fans lookingto snatch up all the early release copies fol-lowing the band’s Kern County Fair per-formance.

“This is our big steppin’ out show. Wehave all this talk and things going on aboutus on the social networking sites. Now wehave to play and look forward to thefuture.”

Tuesday night’s showtime is 8 p.m. “GetLucky” will be available for purchase atmost retail outlets Oct. 1, as well as fordownload at iTunes and Amazon.com.Visit luckynedpepper.com for more infor-mation.

Going Underground RecordsGoing Underground Records in down-

town Bakersfield has been feeding vinyljunkies by offering everything from rarepunk, jazz, classic rock, country, funk andreggae since 2001. Still operating in thespirit of the fiercely independent vinylscene, the store celebrates its 11th anniver-sary Saturday with a day-long event.

Owner Ron Ramirez, 32, who openedthe original storefront inside the Haber-

felde Building before moving to his currentlocation a few years ago, says he appreci-ates the city’s continued support.

“It feels good to have the store and stillbe around, people coming out and stayingrelevant with things,” said Ramirez. “Idon’t do eBay. I like to sell everything inthe store, where it’s available cheaper. Ifyou walk in and see something you shouldbe able to buy it.”

One step inside the intimate businessand you’ll be transported back to a timewhen purchasing music was more thanjust a click of a computer button. Liningthe walls are band merchandise, maga-zines, posters, books and assorted music-related curios.

“The original focus was punk rock, butthere was always used jazz, Beatlesrecords, etc.

“I still do have new punk and indie titlesI get two to three times a week, plus all ofthe used stuff that consistently comes in.I’m pretty good at knowing what’s going tosell and what’s not going to sell. Bakers-field likes a lot of classic rock vinyl.”

The festivities will include deejays spin-ning throughout the day, plus live musicfrom bands Running Scared, Carcinogenz,and Love Lush. There will also be a tacovending truck parked nearby, and salesgalore on everything in the store. Ramirezadded the store will keep its specially-marked sale prices on all merchandisethrough the end of the month.

Saturday’s event begins at 10 a.m. GoingUnderground is located at 1822 G St. 633-0111 or facebook.com/goingunder-groundrecords.

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Former Smokin’ Armadillos members Josh Graham, left, and Rick Russell, who nowperform as Lucky Ned Pepper, will be celebrating the release of their long-awaitednew CD on the Budweiser Pavilion stage at the Kern County Fair Tuesday night.

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SaturdayAaron Tippin with Williams &Ree, 8 p.m., Kern County Fair-grounds, Budweiser Pavilion, 1142S. P St. Free w/paid fair admission.833-4900.

Bakersfield Speedway, USACMidgets, Ford Focus, Jr. Focus,American Stocks, Mini Stocks,gates open at 4 p.m.; races beginat 6 p.m., Bakersfield Speedway,5001 N. Chester Ave. $15; $5 ages6-12; under 5 free. bakersfield-speedway.com or call 393-3373.

Book Signing, with author JaneMcCabe of “The Remarkable Storyof the Very First Flower,” 11 a.m. tonoon, Russo’s, 9000 Ming Ave.665-4686.

Boys & Girls Club Artfest 2012,

art auction and wine tasting, 6 to10 p.m., Moorea Banquet Centre,8700 Swigert Court, #109. $75.325-3730.

11th Anniversary of GoingUnderground Records, DJs,musical guests, sale on almost allmerchandise, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.,Going Underground Records, 1822G St. Free. 633-0111.

Classical Singer Robert Mac-Neil, with Brenda and Jim Bald-win, Eunice Sears, Kathleen Schaf-fer, emcee Larry Starrh, doorsopen at 6:30 p.m., dinner 7 p.m.,show at 8 p.m., Stars Dinner The-atre, 1931 Chester Ave. $40 showonly; $55-$60 w/dinner. 325-6100.

Conquer Chiari Walk AcrossAmerica, walk distance is 3k-5k,registration 8 a.m., walk begins at10 a.m., Beach Park, 3400 21st St.Free. $25 if you pre-register andwant a T-shirt. Visit online con-querchiari.org, emailmommie2boys@aol.com or 444-9181.Fall into The Big Band Southwith REVA Fundraiser, dinner,dance, auction, 5:30 to 10 p.m.,Lake Isabella Senior Center, 6405Lake Isabella Boulevard, LakeIsabella. $15 per person; $25 percouple. Visit revapets.org or 760-378-3101 or 760-299-3222.Mayor’s Freeway Cleanup,meets prior to 8 a.m., Park & Ridelot on Stockdale Highway, west ofOak Street. Group will travel bybus/van to various cleanup loca-tions. 326-3770.

Cat Adoptions, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,or by appointments, Petco, 8220Rosedale Highway. $65 includesspay/neuter, vaccines and

leukemia testing. 327-4706.

Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to noon,next to Golden State Mall, 3201 FSt., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., BrimhallSquare, 9500 Brimhall Road, and9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, and 3to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, one blockwest on Hageman Road (Allen andHageman Roads).

Star Party with Kern Astro-nomical Society, 8 to 10 p.m.,The Marketplace, 9000 Ming Ave.487-2519.

SundayThe Spinners, 8 p.m., Kern Coun-ty Fairgrounds, Budweiser Pavilion,1142 S. P St. Free w/paid fairadmission. 833-4900.

Italian Catholic Federation’sBreakfast and Lunch, Branch281, will serve breakfast from, 8 tonoon and lunch from 11 a.m. to1:30 p.m., Our Lady of PerpetualHelp, Parish Hall, 124 ColumbusSt. $5; $3 under 12. Reservations,549-2014 or emailgarym@wncitrus.com.

Bakersfield Raider NationClub, come out and watch thegames, 10 a.m., Round Table Pizza,2060 White Lane.

Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2p.m., Kaiser Permanente, 8800Ming Ave. 877-524-7373.

Raider Football, “Black Hole”Chapter in Bakersfield, come outand watch the Oakland Raidergame with us, raffle at half time.Open to all ages, you don’t needto be a member, 1 to 5 p.m., PizzaBob’s, 2100 Alta Vista Drive. Con-tact Paul, 706-9294.

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THEATER“Almost Maine,” 8 p.m. Fridayand Saturday, The Empty Space,706 Oak St. $15 general; $10 stu-dents/seniors. 327-PLAY.

“Space Trek,” 7 p.m. Friday andSaturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, GaslightMelodrama Theatre & Music Hall,12748 Jomani Drive. $12 to $23.587-3377.

“Stripped,” comedy about all thecrazy things women think, butdon’t talk about, 11 p.m. Friday andSaturday, The Empty Space, 706Oak St. $5. 327-PLAY.

Improv Comedy Show, withCenter For Improv Advancement,8 p.m. Fridays, JC’s Place, 1901Chester Ave. $5. 322-8209.

ART“Walk On — Celebrating Abili-ties” Art Exhibit, featuring art-work by Linda Brown,  ScottMcDonald and Nancy Putney, nowon display through Sept. 30,Access Center, 1330 Truxtun Ave.Free. 324-9000.Art Classes, in drawing, water-color, oils, color theory, for begin-ners and advanced, BakersfieldArt Association Art Center, 1817Eye St. 869-2320.Art Exhibit on Display: In Tan-dem, featuring work by Amie andMatthew Rangel, now until Oct. 4,Bakersfield College, Wylie andMay Louise Jones Gallery, 801Panorama Drive. Gallery hours:Mondays through Thursdays 1 to 4p.m.Art for Healing program, class-es that alleviate stress, resultingfrom illness, or grief. All classesare free but some suggest a dona-tion and are held at Mercy Hospi-tal, Truxtun Campus, Truxtun andA St. Visit mercybakersfield.org/art or to register, 632-5357.Artwork on Display, with fea-tured artist Deanna Nelson,through September, BakersfieldArt Association Art Center, 1817Eye St. Free. 869-2320.Boys & Girls Club Artfest 2012,art auction and wine tasting, 6 to10 p.m. Saturday, Moorea BanquetCentre, 8700 Swigert Court, #109.$75. 325-3730.Call to Artists: “Windows onMango Street,” find an oldantique window and paint, with nospecific theme, on the backside ofthe window glass, transforming itinto a hanging piece of art, sub-missions due between 10 a.m. to2 p.m. Oct. 21. Email Jfidel@rock-etmail.com or 703-8666.Exhibits on Display, “Out ofPrint: Altered Books,” “Christo-pher Stott: New Realism,” and“Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfo-lio,” Sept. 13 until Nov. 25, Bakers-field Museum of Art, 1930 R St.bmoa.org or 323-7219.Michelle Stone, featured artistfor the month of September,Dagny’s Coffee Co., 1600 20th St.634-0806.

Sketchbook Challenge, choosea theme, spend time between

meetings creating art based on anidea, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday,Beale Memorial Library, TejonRoom, 701 Truxtun Ave. 868-0770.Stained Glass Classes, six-weekclass, 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays,Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, 50118th St. 327-7507.The Art Shop Club, 9 a.m. tonoon each Thursday, Friday andSaturday, The Art Shop, 1221 20thSt. All mediums. 322-0544, 589-7463 or 496-5153.

MUSIC80s dance partyB. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill,7401 White Lane, 397-7304;Members Only, 9 p.m. Friday.

Classic rockBellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139;Blonde Faith, 9 p.m. Friday andSaturday.

Crest Bar & Grill, inside Bakers-field RV Resort, 5025 Wible Road,833-9998; Jim Robinson, 6 p.m.Saturday.

T-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 Dis-trict Blvd., 398-1300; Usual Sus-pects, 7:30 p.m. Friday; LostVinyl, 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

ComedyElevation Lounge, 818 RealRoad, 325-6864; Improv Tuesday -Live comedy with DJ after party, 9p.m. Tuesdays.

CountryEthel’s Old Corral Cafe, 4310Alfred Harrell Highway, 873-7613;Token Okies, 7 p.m. Friday;Nightlife, 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-8900; Vince Galindo, 9 p.m.Wednesdays.

DancingFolklorico Classes, advancedancers/performing group 6 to 8p.m. Fridays; and beginners, allages, 10:30 a.m. to noon Satur-days, Fruitvale-Norris Park, 6221Norris Road. $22 per month forbeginners; $25 per month foradvance dancers. 833-8790.

Joaquin Squares, 7:30 to 9:30p.m. Thursday, Rasmussen Center,115 E. Roberts Lane. $5. 324-1390,325-3086 or 399-3658.

Beginner Belly Dance Lessons,5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Mondays, Cen-tre Stage Studio, 1710 ChesterAve. 323-5215. $45 regular ses-sion; $65 combo session. bakers-fieldbellydance.biz.

Greenacres Community Cen-ter, 2014 Calloway Dr., offers ball-room dance, East Coast swing (jit-terbug) and Argentine Tangodance classes; $35, $45 for non-members. 322-5765 or 201-2105.

Whirlaways Square DanceClub, has workshops every first,third, fourth and fifth Mondays,Park Stockdale Civic AssociationCommunity Center, 205 RioBravo Drive. whirlaways.org or213-3105.

DJDoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, 3100 Camino Del RioCourt. 323-7111; live in the mix: oldschool, ’80s and ’90s music, 9p.m. to 1:30 a.m. every Saturday..

Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 WhiteLane, 834-1611; with DJ Chill in theMixx, 5 p.m. every Friday until 2a.m. Saturday.

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749;DJ James, 9 p.m. Thursdaysthrough Saturdays. Free.

The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, atHotel Rosedale, 2400 CaminoDel Rio Court, 327-0681; withMeg, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Satur-days.

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

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 withfeaturing local artist and Jazz Con-nection, along with 24 wines, 6 to8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday;6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Sat-urday.

King Tut, 10606 Hageman Road;live instrumental and vocal jazz,6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Friday andSaturday. Free.Que Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701Ming Ave., 832-5011; Jazz Inva-sion, 9 to 10 p.m. every Saturday. The Nile, Jazz Music, 6 p.m. everySunday. Cost $10 at 1721 19th St.364-2620. Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 WhiteLane, 834-1611; Bakersfield JazzWorkshop, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.every Wednesday.

KaraokeBanacek’s Lounge, 4601 StateRoad, 387-9224; 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.Fridays. Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 9p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays and Sun-

days.

Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 4200 NewStine Road, 397-5000; 6:30 to9:30 p.m. Thursday.Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 6:30 to 9:30p.m. every Thursday at 4200 NewStine Road. 397-5000. Chateau Lounge, 2100 S.Chester Ave., 835-1550; 9 p.m.every Saturday. Corona’s Cantina, 9817 S. UnionAve., 345-8463; 7 to 10 p.m. Fri-days. Don Perico Restaurant, 2660Oswell St., Suite 133, 871-2001; 7to 11 p.m. Thursdays. Julie’s The Branding IronSaloon, 1807 N. Chester Ave., 6 to10 p.m. every Friday. Lone Oak Inn, 8 p.m. every Tues-day and Thursday at 10612Rosedale Hwy. 589-0412. Maria Bonita Mexican Restau-rant, 10701 Highway 178, 366-3261, 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays. All ages.Pour House, 9 p.m. Fridays andSaturdays at 4041 Fruitvale Ave.589-9300.Pyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner,323-0053; 8 p.m. to midnight Sat-

urdays.

Rocket Shop Cafe, 2000 S.Union Ave., 832-4800; 8:30 p.m.to midnight Saturday.Round Table Pizza, 2060 WhiteLane, 836-2700; 6 to 9 p.m. Tues-day. Sports & Spirits, 6633 MingAve., 398-7077; 9 p.m. Thursdaysand Saturdays. T-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 Dis-trict Blvd., 398-1300; 7:30 to 11p.m. Thursdays. Tejon Club, 6 to 10 p.m. everySaturday at 117 El Tejon Ave. 392-1747. The Old River Monte Carlo,9750 Taft Highway, 837-0250;8:30 p.m. every Thursday. The Playhouse, 2915 Taft High-way; 397-3599; 7 to 10 p.m. Sun-days.The Prime Cut, 9500 BrimhallRoad, 831-1413; hosted by EdLoverr, 9 p.m. to midnight Friday. The Regent, 2814 Niles St., 871-4140; 8:30 p.m. every other Fri-day.

The Wright Place, 2695-GMount Vernon Ave., 872-8831, 8p.m. every Thursday. Tomi’s Cowgirl Cafe, 7 to 10p.m. Friday, 1440 WeedpatchHighway. 363-5102. Vinny’s Bar & Grill, 2700 S.Union Ave., 496-2502, 7 p.m.Thursdays. 21 and over. 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, 6111 Niles St.,363-7200; 6:15 to 10:15 p.m. Tues-days. karaoke.City Slickers, 1001 W. TehachapiBlvd., 822-4939; 7 p.m. Tuesdaysand Thursdays.DoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, 3100 Camino Del RioCourt; 8 p.m. to midnight Tues-days.Elevation Lounge, 818 RealRoad, 325-6864; 9 p.m. Wednes-day. Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 AlfredHarrell Highway, 873-7613; 6 to 9p.m. every Wednesday.Iron Horse Saloon, 1821 S.Chester Ave., 831-1315; 7 to 11p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays.Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 WhiteLane, 834-1611; A to Z Karaoke, 8p.m. to midnight Tuesdays. Lone Oak Inn, 8 p.m. every Tues-day and Thursday at 10612Rosedale Hwy. 589-0412.

Magoo’s Pizza, 1129 Olive Drive,399-7800; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tues-day.

McMurphy’s Irish Pub &Sports Bar, 14 Monterey St., 869-1451; 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays.

Pizzeria, 4200 Gosford Road,397-1111; 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays.

Replay Sports Lounge & Grill,4500 Buck Owens Blvd., 324-3300; 8 p.m. every Wednesday.

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749; 8p.m. Mondays through Wednes-days.

Rocky’s Pizza & Arcade, 2858Niles St., 873-1900; 5:30 to 9:30p.m. Wednesday.

Round Table Pizza, 2620 BuckOwens Blvd., 327-9651; The Junc-tion with host Mac Clanahan, 8:30p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.

Round Table Pizza, 4200 Gos-ford Road, 397-1111; 6:30 p.m.Wednesdays.

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

Syndicate Lounge, 1818 Eye St.,327-0070; with Alisa Spencer, 9p.m. every Wednesday.

The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, atHotel Rosedale, 2400 CaminoDel Rio Court, 327-0681; 7 p.m.Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Junction Lounge, 2620Buck Owens Blvd., 327-9651; 8:30p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

The Wrecking Yard, 9817 S.Union Ave., 827-9192; 7 to 10 p.m.Mondays, Tuesdays and Thurs-days.

September Classic Series: See “The Princess Bride,” 7 p.m. thisevening, Maya Cinemas, 1000 California Ave. $6. 636-0484.

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Trouts & The BlackboardStages, 805 N. ChesterAve., 399-6700; 7 p.m. Mon-days and Thursdays, 8:30p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays,Fridays, Saturdays and Sun-days.

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

Mariachi Camino Real Restaurant,6 to 9 p.m. every Sunday at3500 Truxtun Ave. 852-0493.

Oldies KC Steakhouse, 2515 F St.,322-9910; Jimmy Gaines,Bobby O and Mike Halls,6:30 p.m. Thursday throughSaturday.

Music showcaseThe Prime Cut, 9500Brimhall Road, 831-1413; fea-turing local artists, 7 to 10p.m. every Wednesday.

Old schoolBanacek’s Lounge, 4601State Road, 387-9224; LostVinyl, 9 p.m. Saturday. Que Pasa Mexican Cafe,2701 Ming Ave., 832-5011;Al Garcia & the RhythmKings, 8 to 11 p.m. everyThursday.Tam O’Shanter, 2345 AltaVista, 324-6774; Elements,8:30 p.m. Friday and Satur-day. $5 per night.

Open MicFiddlers Crossing, 206East F St., Tehachapi, 823-9994; 7 p.m. Wednesdays.$5.

On the Rocks, 1517 18thSt., 327-7625; musicians,spoken word, poets, come-dians, 8 p.m. everyWednesday, On the Rocks,1517 18th St. Free.

RockB. Ryder’s Sports Bar &Grill, 7401 White Lane, 397-7304; UFC Fight, 6 p.m. Sat-urday, Good Question to fol-low immediately. $10includes dinner. Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749; live bands, 9 p.m.every Thursday.

Soft rock Steak and Grape, 4420Coffee Road, 588-9463; 7 to10 p.m. Thursday throughSaturday. Free.

Trivia nightBellvedere CocktailLounge, 3090 BrundageLane, 325-2139; 7 p.m. Tues-days.

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

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

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St.,322-8900; Trivia Night withDave Rezac, 10 p.m. Tues-days.

VarietyGolden State Mall, 3201 FSt., 872-2037, Joe Loco Duet,2 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

UPCOMINGEVENTSMonday 9/24Blue Oyster Cult, 8 p.m.,Kern County Fairgrounds,Budweiser Pavilion, 1142 S. P

St. Free w/paid fair admis-sion. 833-4900.Hypnotist Tina Marie, 6and 9:45 p.m., Kern CountyFairgrounds, Budweiser Pavil-ion, 1142 S. P St. Free w/paidfair admission. 833-4900.Senior Discovery Days,for seniors 60 and olderreceive 50 percent offadmission, 10 percent dis-count in the gift store,CALM, 10500 Alfred HarrellHighway. 872-2256.“Lace’n It Up For — Linksfor Life,” kick off BreastCancer Awareness monthwith a walk, 11:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m. at three separatelocations: Liberty Bell;, thePark at River Walk, or PublicHealth Building. Visit links-forlife.org or 322-5601.

Tuesday 9/25Indie Night Wednesdays,see the movie “2 Days inNew York,” 7 p.m., MayaCinemas, 1000 CaliforniaAve. $6. 636-0484.Knights of the Realm,5:30 and 7:30 p.m., KernCounty Fairgrounds, Grand-stand Arena, 1142 S. P St.Free w/paid admission. 833-4900.Lucky Ned Pepper, 8 p.m.,Kern County Fairgrounds,Budweiser Pavilion, 1142 S. PSt. Free w/paid fair admis-sion. 833-4900.School Days at the KernCounty Fair, children inpreschool through sixthgrade are admitted free 9a.m. to noon Tuesday andWednesday, Kern CountyFairgrounds, 1142 S. P St.

833-4900.Sierra Club ConditioningHikes, three to five miles, 7p.m., meet at corner ofHighways 178 and 184. 872-2432 or 873-8107.

Wednesday 9/2638 Special, 8 p.m., KernCounty Fairgrounds, Bud-weiser Pavilion, 1142 S. P St.Free w/paid fair admission.833-4900.Farmers Market, and 3 to6 p.m., one block west onHageman Road (Allen andHageman Roads).Free Fair Admission Day,bring three non-perishablecanned food items between3 to 9 p.m., Kern CountyFairgrounds, 1142 S. P St.833-4900.

Thursday 9/2710th annual BC’s TennisProgram Fundraiser,choice of steak or chickendinner, 6 p.m., BakersfieldCollege, Cafeteria, 1801Panorama Dr. $45. 303-2702.An Evening of Celebra-tion, Latina leaders honorthe language of “The Houseon Mango Street,” bilingualvignettes from the bookperformed in English andSpanish, refreshments willbe served prior to the event,7 p.m., Beale MemorialLibrary, 701 Truxtun Ave.868-0745.Jars of Clay, 8 p.m., KernCounty Fairgrounds, Bud-weiser Pavilion, 1142 S. P St.Free w/paid fair admission.833-4900.

September ClassicSeries, see the movie“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” 7p.m., Maya Cinemas, 1000California Ave. $6. 636-0484.

Friday 9/28“Almost Maine,” 8 p.m.Friday and Saturday, TheEmpty Space, 706 Oak St.$15 general; $10students/seniors. 327-PLAY.“Stripped,” comedy aboutall the crazy things womenthink, but don’t talk about,11 p.m. Friday and Saturday,The Empty Space, 706 OakSt. $5. 327-PLAY.Annual Boots & BachelorAuction, benefits Bakers-field Homeless Center; fea-turing 14 eligible bachelors,live and silent auction, nohost bar, 6:30 to 11 p.m.,Buck Owens Crystal Palace,2800 Buck Owens Blvd.$50, includes dinner. Ticketsavailable at Crystal Palace.378-5646.Fan Halen Tribute to VanHalen, 8 p.m., Kern CountyFairgrounds, BudweiserPavilion, 1142 S. P St. Freew/paid fair admission. 833-4900.Fantastic Friday withLocal Author DebbieBrown, storytime with spe-cial craft included, 10 to10:45 a.m., Barnes & Noble,4001 California Ave. Free.631-2575.FLICS International Cine-ma Society, presents“Monsieur Lazhar,” 7:30p.m., Bakersfield Fox The-ater, 2001 H St. $5. flics.org

or call 428-0354.Kern River Rock N’BluesFest, music 5 to 9 p.m. Fri-day and 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.Saturday, Frandy Camp-ground, 11252 Kernville. $5at the gate. Email orion.fee-dom@yahoo.com or 340-0026.Kern Valley Peddler’sFaire, arts and crafts, doorprizes, health services, food,11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday; 8a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday andSaturday, Family Life Center,20 W. Panorama Drive, Wof-ford Heights. Free. 760-417-2555.PRCA Rodeo, gates open at6:30 p.m., begins at 7:30p.m. Friday and Saturday,Kern County Fairgrounds,Grandstand, 1142 S. P St.$10-$15 plus fees.vallitix.com or 322-5200.Shout, The Mod Musical,7:30 p.m. Friday and Satur-day; 2 p.m. Sunday, StarsDinner Theatre, 1931Chester Ave. $22-$57. 325-6100.Talladega Frights ScreamPark, 7 p.m. Thursdaythrough Sunday, 11811Rosedale Highway, betweenJewetta Ave. and Old FarmRoad. $15 to $25. tallade-gafrights.com orfacebook.com/Tallade-gaFrights.

Saturday 9/29Lantern Light Tour &Ghost Hunt, 8 to 10 p.m.,Silver City Ghost Town,3829 Lake Isabella Boule-vard, Bodfish. $12 per per-son of all ages. 760-379-5146.

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