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BY STEFANI DIASCalifornian assistant lifestyles editor

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Halloween is coming, and there’smuch more to be scared of thanworrying if you and the kids will

sweat the night away in your costumes.There are returning events as well asspooktacular new additions headed ourway this October. In order to plan yourmonth accordingly, we’ve got the detailson what’s worth your time and money.

The Chamber Haunted HouseFirst up is local favorite The Chamber

Haunted House and Alien Invasion atSam Lynn Ball Park, which opens Oct. 8.Owner David Enloe started spooking uphis own Westchester home in 2001 and

expanded to afree-standingfrightfest in 2003.This year, theattraction paystribute to itsneighborhoodroots with the

haunted Westchester House, where afamily of demons lord over minions whokeep the place up for them.

The Chamber, which Enloe describes asa “time machine that transports you toplaces in time,” also will revisit its rootswith the zombie-filled Toxic Terror. Atheme both at Enloe’s house and TheChamber’s first pro haunt year, Terrorserves up a warehouse of flesh-eatingcreatures looking for new victims.

The third frightening element is theAlien Invasion — “back for more abduc-tions!” — a 3D maze (requiring glasses)set in space with planets, solar systemsand “enough creatures to keep you onyour toes.” Based on the positive responsefrom last year, the maze has expandedand the vibrant DayGlo artwork is all new.Enloe says this will be the last year withaliens, although he hints “who knowswhat future invasions will bring.”

Right now, the invasion has spread tothe Kern County Fair, where Enloe and hiscrew have put the maze’s artwork on dis-play, allowing guests to enjoy the art with-out being chased by aliens. Visitors canwin tickets to The Chamber with a give-aways through the Facebook page for CCProductions, which puts on the event.

Enloe, who was an actor for formerlocal haunt Scream in the Dark andbought that production, says The Cham-ber is a labor of love for the dedicatedcrew of more than 50. Many of thoseinvolved in the production make a living

in the field, from the CGI artist whosework can be seen in “Piranha 3D” and“Wizards of Waverly Place” to the leadmakeup artist, who works for AcademyAward-winning special effects artist Bar-ney Burman.

The attention to detail even goes to themusic, which was composed specially forthe production.

With such a dedicated team, it’s nowonder that Enloe is talking about even-tually moving to a bigger market. “We willnever leave Bakersfield without a top-notch Halloween event, but The Chamberneeds to spread its wings a bit,” Enloesays. “What’s in store for Bakersfield? Whoknows what evil lurks in the minds of CCProductions. We have so many ideas fornew mazes we will always keep peopleguessing what we are doing.”

Talladega FrightsAnother popular haunt, Talladega

Frights, kicks off Friday at a new 20-acrelocation on Rosedale Highway, betweenJewetta Avenue and Old Farm Road. Thisyear, the boo-loved attraction not onlyoffers spine-tingling scares but fun for thewhole family with corn mazes and apumpkin patch.

Walking through the gates, guests arestill 100 feet away from the hauntedhouse, allowing curious children thebriefest glimpse of ghouls but nothing tooscary, says Talladega co-owner AdamStubbs.

The pumpkin patch covers two-and-a-half acres, with a selection of gourdsoffered at varying prices. After you’vepicked the perfect pumpkin, let the kidsbounce off their energy at the inflatableplayground offered by Amazing Bounce

IndexMetro Fifth Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Porsche show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Western Swing Society Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . .21Arts Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Volkslauf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23The Lowdown with Matt Munoz . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Dave Alvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-31

These places get fright rightChamber offers 3-D thrills;expanded Talladega addsfamily fun to mayhem mix

The Chamber Haunted House When: 7 p.m. Oct. 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22,

23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31

Where: Sam Lynn Ball Park, 4009

Chester Ave.

Admission: $10, Chamber; $5, Alien

Invasion; $14, combo ticket for both.

Information: chamberhaunt.com

Talladega FrightsWhen: 7 p.m. Oct. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16,

21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31

Where: 11811 Rosedale Highway,

between Jewetta Avenue and Old Farm

Road.

Admission: $15; $22, fast pass; $20,

combo pass for haunt and corn maze

(see below)

Information: talladegafrights.com,

facebook.com/TalladegaFrights or 699-

8633

Volvo Rents Corn Maze and Kern’sBest Pumpkin Patch When: Runs Oct. 1-31, 5 to 10 p.m.

Monday to Thursday, 5 p.m. to midnight

Friday, 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday and

noon to 10 p.m. Sunday

Where: 11811 Rosedale Highway,

between Jewetta Avenue and Old Farm

Road.

Admission: corn mazes: $9, adults; $5,

kids 5 and up; free for kids 4 and under.

Free admission to pumpkin patch.

Information:norfun.org/html/cornmaze.html or 699-

8633

GO & DO

For a morecomplete list ofHalloweenevents, please

turn to page 26.

FELIX ADAMO / THE CALIFORNIAN

Talladega Frights creators Michael Wilbur, left, and Adam Stubbs at a pivotal point in the corn maze — you can go left or you can goright. One will get you out — the other deeper in the corn!

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BY CAMILLE GAVINContributing columnist

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To kick off its fifth year in business,Metro Galleries is hosting a receptionto open “Monsters & Gods,” an exhibit

by Los Angeles-based artist Mike Tracy, whowill be in attendance.

The show, the highlight of October’s FirstFriday events downtown, represents adeparture from Metro’s usual fare and isstrongly surrealistic. Some might even callTracy’s cartoon-like images grotesque. Butthey’re definitely thought-provoking.

One image that shows up repeatedlylooks like a freaked-out Mickey Mouse who’shaving an especially bad day. That, perhaps,is because Tracy’s background includes asix-year stint as a production artist for WaltDisney Feature Animation and other filmcompanies. We asked him to talk about howthat background has influenced his presentartwork.

“For several years I struggled to keepimages that might hearken to my animationexperience out of my work,” he said in an e-mail.

“But I finally realized that this experiencewas part of me and so, as long as it camenaturally, should be part of the work. Forthis reason my work has gotten somewhat‘cartoony.’

“The Monster paintings started out asindividual still life paintings of wind-up toys.I think I have probably painted somethinglike 300 of them over the last 15 years. Theyhave evolved into characters who, I think,express emotional states; anger, vulnerabili-ty, confusion, venality, sloth.”

Tracy, 59, who teaches drawing and digitalpainting at the Art Institute of California-Orange County, said he keeps a personalsketchbook to jot down ideas and some ofthose ideas come from the print media.

“I will sometimes read the newspaper inthe morning with a sketchbook at my side,recording and modifying the imagery thatpops up and strikes a chord in my imagina-tion,” he said. “Sometimes compositions orelements from those pages will inspire apainting.”

Don Martin of Metro Galleries said there

are multiple pieces in Tracy’s exhibit, rang-ing in size from 8-by-8 inches to canvases aslarge as 48-by-60 inches.

Also being featured are mosaics by PerryHoffman of Santa Barbara, who won firstplace in the gallery’s recent Latin art show.Kama Ruby will entertain during theevening and appetizers from Mama Room-ba will be served.

SEAN WORK / THE CALIFORNIAN

Paintings by Mike Tracy were set to be hung at Metro Galleries in Bakersfield on Mon-day in preparation for the show “Monsters and Gods,” which opens Friday.

Metro unleashes a monster for First Friday

(for a separate fee). For those looking to make memories,

there will be multiple photo opportuni-ties at hay bales set up around old farmequipment — including a corn planterand manure spreader, both more than100 years old. If Mom or Dad actuallywant to be in the photo, there will be aphotographer on hand for family por-traits.

And the pumpkin fun doesn’t endwhen you leave the site. During the lastweek of October, there will be a carvingcontest whereby people who’ve boughtpumpkins bring in a photo of theircarved-up masterpiece that will go up ona board, allowing attendees to vote fortheir favorite. A prize will be awarded tothe top pick.

Stick around for more adventure at theVolvo Rents Corn Maze, which spansnine acres. Although there will be spot-lights up, Stubbs recommends bringing aflashlight to explore any of the threemazes because “it won’t be like daylight”and with corn stalks up to 10 feet high, itmay be a bit much for small children.

For the little ones, there is a basic mazethey can explore with their parents. Forolder children, the two other mazes offervarying challenges: For F.S.I. (Farm SceneInvestigation), would-be detectives areasked to discover which farm animal isresponsible for the missing Farmer Joe,

gathering clues at six location scenes.With Checkpoint Rewards, maze-goersseek out 10 strategically placed check-points, which are each tied to a localsponsor and offer discounts and couponsfor those businesses. Some of the dealsinclude a $7 haircut from Great Clips, aRollerama buy-one-get-one admission,and a free Monster Energy drink with agas fill-up at Fastrip. Other sponsorsoffering discounts are Cataldo’s Pizzeria,Subway, Frosting Ink, Five-Star Pizza,A&W/Long John Silver’s, Pump It Up andCamelot Park.

Thriftiness may thrill some, but formost it will be terror that brings them tothe northwest attraction. The hauntedhouse will be the same size as last year,but will take longer to walk through, upto 30 minutes, according to Stubbs.

Everything is new this year, Stubbssays, although two themes will return:Drakemore Hotel and Hillbilly Hell. Lastyear, visitors to the hotel took an elevatorto visit rooms, but this year they will get apeek at where the staff would work,including the kitchen and boiler room.When it comes to hillbillies, visitors willbe able to explore different rooms in thehome of the fearsome Heywoods as wellas meet new family members.

In previous years, the haunt’s produc-tion values have impressed many visi-tors, Stubbs says, leading to comparisons

to Disneyland. That sort of compliment is“a big pat on the back” for the team,which has taken the attraction to the nextlevel with its latest theme, RampartStreet.

Replacing the Green River Asylum andBlack Sally’s abandoned mine, RampartStreet will puts guests face to face with aclan of New Orleans vampires. Stubbssays co-owner Mike Wilbur loves vam-pires and has wanted to make them apart of the event from the beginning. Andalthough many of these creatures of thenight appear like Victorian gentlefolk,these are far from the benign and beauti-ful Cullen clan of “Twilight,” and Stubbspromises plenty of crazy blood suckers.

With the fresh blood of a new venue,Stubbs and Wilbur have an eye towardexpanding the event in the future. Afterthe event’s run, the fence is the only thingthat can stay up at the site, which is beingleased from the North of the River Recre-ation and Park District (the corn will beharvested at the end of the season). Thepair are plotting to construct a perma-nent building that would eventuallyallow them to open at different times ofthe year, including Friday the 13th andspring break week. There’s even talk ofexpanding the season to last through thefall and into Christmas, with the additionof new themes and family-oriented activ-ities.

‘Monsters & Gods’When: 5 to 9 p.m. Friday

Where: Metro Galleries, 1604 19th St.

Admission: Free

Information: 634-9598

Coming in Eye StreetDon Martin reflects on the fifth

anniversary of Metro Galleries — and

tells us what’s coming — in next

Thursday’s Eye Street.


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BY MIRANDA WHITWORTHContributing writer

When it comes to driving aPorsche, it’s not about get-ting from point A to point B

— it’s about the journey in between.At least that’s what a few collectors inBakersfield will tell you when askedwhy they have decided to devote theirfree time to that particular brand ofGerman engineering.

This weekend, local car enthusiastswill have the chance to see firsthandwhat has been attracting Porschelovers to the vehicle for decades whenthe 10th annual California ChallengeConcours d’Elegance makes its way tothe Kern County Museum.

In a town where car clubs and carshows are dominated by domesticclassics, low-riders or lifted trucks, theConcours d’Elegance brings OldWorld flavor and exotic style to thestreets of Bakersfield. Even the nameof the event puts this car show in aclass all its own, according to eventchairman Robert Watt.

“Concours is a European term forshowing a car and it’s a higher stan-dard of showing,” Watt said. “You haveto go to a judging school to become ajudge. And this is just one of severalevents where people will show theircars and accumulate points towardsawards at the end of the year.”

Watt is not only event chairman buta member of the Golden EmpireRegion of the Porsche Club of Ameri-ca, having joined just over a year agoafter purchasing a 2003 Carrera 4S.

“Ever since I was a kid it was adream of mine to have an amazingsports car and enjoy all kinds of sportscars,” Watt said.

“But, there is something about the

engineering of a Porsche. They are justan amazing car to drive.”

Tim Jalving, sales manager ofPorsche of Bakersfield, agrees withWatt, and during a test drive explainedjust how thrilling a Porsche can be.

“These cars were made to race. Thatis why Porsche was started. These carsare powerful and are made to handlespeeds that the majority of driverswould never dare to try,” Jalving said.(While Jalving was conservative withhis handling of the 2010 Porsche 911,he did allow the car to hit the south-bound lanes of Highway 99 at 75 milesan hour. The Porsche did not shudderor shake and rode as smoothly as if itwere cruising at 25 through a schoolzone. )

Although newer Porsches will be ondisplay at Concours d’Elegance, vin-tage models will be there too, and it’sthe charm of those older cars thatkeep many collectors coming back.

Bakersfield native Pat Wadman firstslid behind the wheel of a Porsche atthe age of 16, recalling: “It was a 1962356 Cabriolet that my dad found out

in a field behind a guy’s barn. It had aflat tire and needed a little fixing up. Iended up cutting my teeth on that car.It’s where I learned to drive a clutchand I’ve been into Porsches ever since.”

Wadman and his wife, Betsy, nowown a 1973 Porsche 911T Targa theypurchased from a family friend.

The Wadmans are the car’s secondowners and have named it Harveyafter the man who originally pur-chased it.

“We bought it eight years ago froman old friend of Betsy’s mom. My wife’seyes lit up when she found out Harveywas for sale because we knew how wellthe car had been taken care of.”

Wadman says he loves the look andthe feel of a Porsche but there’s moreto the vehicle than just a pretty faceand a fast engine.

“It’s about the history behind thecar,” he said. “Back in the 1950s whenPorsche was kind of new, a lot of peo-ple would pack their kids into their356 Cabriolets and would drive out toMinter Field, where the kids wouldplay and Dad would throw on a hel-met and race all day. Then they wouldpack back in and go home. That wasthe beauty of the Porsche. They weredurable enough and easy enough towork on that you could have that kindof fun and not worry about thembreaking down.”

Wadman is busily preparing for thisweekend’s event and hopes otherlocal Porsche owners are doing thesame.

“If you own a Porsche, we want tosee your car,” he said. “All of the pro-ceeds from the event benefit MARERiding Center and displaying your caris just as easy as driving in that morn-ing. So come on out!”

The fast and the curious at Porsche show10th annual CaliforniaChallenge Concoursd’EleganceWhen: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

Where: Kern County Museum,

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Betsy and Pat Wadman are members of the local Porsche Club. They are photographed with the 1962 356 PorscheCabriolet, left; 1973 911T Porsche Targa, center; and the 2006 Porsche Cayenne.


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BY SUSAN SCAFFIFIContributing writer

Bakersfield Sound veterans Tom-my Hays and Jimmy Phillips willfind themselves in great compa-

ny this weekend. The two musiciansare being inducted into the WesternSwing Society Hall of Fame.

“I’m just dumfounded,” said drum-mer Phillips, 68. “To me it’s somethingyou never know that this is going tohappen to you.”

“I was surprised when they firstapproached me,” said guitarist Hays,who will turn 81 during the four-daycelebration.

Hays and Phillips will be honoredalong with eight other musicians fromaround the United States and formallyinducted on Sunday at the Machinists’Hall in Rancho Cordova in the GreaterSacramento area. A nonprofit organi-zation, the Western Swing Society wasstarted in 1981 by musicians Loyd andPerry Jones. After Sunday’s ceremony,the Hall of Fame will grow to 607musicians; Hays’ and Phillips’ nameswill be added to a list that includespast inductees Bob Wills, Roy Rogers,Gene Autry, Merle Haggard, Don, Fredand Rose Maddox, Billy Mize and Jim-my Thomason.

Phillips said the Hall of Fame is anhonor from his peers.

“They nominate you and vote on it,”Phillips said. “You just don’t realizethey’re even talking about you.”

Hays, an Oklahoma native, said hegot his first guitar when he was 10 andbegan playing for church services. Hisconcept of the guitar changed whileworking as a projectionist in a movietheater in 1946, when he heardstrange music from the film he wasrunning.

“I heard this solo guitar,” Hays said.“I didn’t even know a guitar couldsound like that.”

“It was Bob Nolan and the Sons ofthe Pioneers,” Hays said.

By the time Hays was 22, he was liv-ing in Bakersfield, a regular performeron Billy Mize’s television show atnight, holding down a day job andteaching 22 guitar students. Hays hadstarted his own group, the WesternSwingsters, and along with BuckOwens, the Maddox family members,Red Simpson, Billy Mize, Fuzzy Owenand the rest, helped create the brandof western music known as the Bak-ersfield Sound.

“Back then, they weren’t calling it‘The Bakersfield Sound,’” said Phillips,who explained the term was first usedby Los Angeles-area record producerswho hired Bakersfield musicians torecord with major label country artists.Phillips’ career included several yearswith those major labels, includingCapitol Records, RCA Victor and othersin the late 1960s and early 1970s.

“When they started calling, theysaid, ‘We want that Bakersfield Sound,’and it just caught on,” Phillips said.

Phillips has performed regularlywith Hays’ Western Swingsters sincethe 1960s. He is featured on a theband’s 2006 CD release, “60 Years ofWestern Swing.”

Western Swing, also known as TexasSwing, can be traced back to the lowerGreat Plains states in the 1920s and1930s. Pioneering musicians such asBob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Mil-ton Brown and his Musical Browniesand Leonard Slye (better known asRoy Rogers) and the Sons of the Pio-neers were small bands that adaptedthe early forms of jazz, such as Dix-ieland, to the experience of the still-Wild West.

“If you were to draw a line right downthe Mississippi, you’d have EasternSwing on one side, and Western Swingon the other,” Phillips said. “The differ-ence is you play a lot of the same songsbut you use different instruments.”

Phillips said Western Swing bandswere typically smaller than their East-ern counterparts and included fiddles,acoustic and steel guitars along withmore traditional swing band instru-ments. Band leader Donnell Clyde

“Spade” Cooley is credited with coin-ing the term “Western Swing,” puttingan end to labels such as “cowboy” and“hillbilly” music.

After the festivities in Sacramento,Hays, Phillips and the Western Swing-sters will host a Hall of Fame party atthe Crystal Palace at 7 p.m. Tuesday.Hays noted some special guests willjoin the band, including fiddler TimJohnson, guitarists Larry Petree andMonte Mills and other musicians.

“I feel like my life’s come full circle,”Hays said. “I’m retired, I still play music.”

“You get kind of down and draggy,you pick up a guitar and it all goesaway,” Hays said.

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SoLuna Ballet, a locally basedMexican folk ballet group,will feature a singer from Los

Angeles who goes by the name ofAnita in their performances thisweekend at the Kern County Fair.

From the time they started thegroup in 2005, the co-founders,twin brothers Manuel and DarioFonseca, have taken pride in thefact theirs is a family business thatincludes their parents and othersiblings. So it isn’t too surprising tolearn that Anita, also known as AnaMaría Carmona de Verduzco, is themother-in-law of Dario Fonseco.

Born in 1943 in Uruapan,Michoacán, México, the vocalistbegan singing at an early age, Fon-seca said. At age 15, she wascrowned “Reina del 16 de Septiem-bre” (Queen of Mexican Indepen-dence Day) at a local festival andsang to the accompaniment of topmariachi musicians of the day.

Anita was 33 when she and herhusband, Manuel, and their six chil-dren moved to Los Angeles. Nowshe sings at seasonal festivals inSouthern California and is a mem-ber of the choir at San BenedictoCatholic Church in Montebello.

And just to add to the family con-nection, her two granddaughters,Celeste and Jazmin Fonseca, aremembers of SoLunita, the children’ssegment of the main company.

About 28 colorfully costumeddancerswill per-form thisweekend,ranging inage from 5to 67.Teaching

and prac-

tice sessions are held in SoLuna’sstudio in northwest Bakersfield.

Recital of French music A duet made up of Julia Lawson

Haney, violin, and Soo-Yeon ParkChang, piano, will present a con-cert Friday evening in Cal StateBakersfield’s Dore Theater.

Their program will focus onFrench music and will include selec-tions by five composers: Messiaen,Poulenc, Debussy, Satie and Ravel.

Haney is a member of the Bak-ersfield Symphony Orchestra andChang is a piano instructor at CSUB.

Call for ‘Heroes’ artistsNicole Browning, one of the

partners in The Foundry, hasannounced a call for artists toenter work in a juried exhibit withthe theme, “Heroes.”

The Foundry, 1700 Chester Ave.,officially opens its doors on Mon-day with a daylong open housebut the show, a benefit for theWounded Heroes Fund, will beunveiled on Nov. 4, during thegallery’s grand opening.

The new gallery will occupy amajor portion of what is now JPJennings Custom Picture Fram-ing.

Jennings has redesigned hisoriginal framing shop and willoccupy only a portion of thespace, Browning said. He will sub-lease the larger share of the spaceto the Foundry and also will be apartner in the new enterprise.

“I will be chief curator for thegallery portion of the Foundryspace,” said Browning, who hasclosed her Micro Gallery on Cof-fee Road. “And I’ll also have anoffice on location for my art con-sulting business.” Others involvedin the new business are AlanUrquhart, a graphic designer andphotographer, and artists Christi-na Sweet and Alan Willis.

For information about “Heroes”submissions, write to Browning [email protected].

‘Santa’ at The EmptyAuditions will be held on Satur-

day for “Hurry Up, Santa!” TheEmpty Space’s annual holidayromp about a Santa Claus whonearly gets derailed by an evil tele-vision anchor.

An original comedy by BobKempf and Andy Philpot, it callsfor all sorts of nutty charactersincluding several varieties of elves,a toothless tooth fairy, and twospace-monkeys called Jim-Jamand Glib-Glak-Zork. Amy Hall isthe director. Five evening per-formances and two matinees willbe presented Dec. 12 to 19.

‘Pirates’ on the horizonSpotlight Junior, the new name

for Spotlight Theatre’s school ofarts, is taking registrations now forstudents who would like to takepart in a production of Gilbert andSullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance.”

Classes will be held in a build-ing on the east side of the theaterthat formerly housed the DanceStop, said Hal Friedman, Spot-light’s general manager. Thismarks a change from last Decem-ber when Spotlight temporarilymoved its instructional activitiesto the Boys & Girls Club’s Arm-strong Center on Niles Street.

“The name has changed toSpotlight Junior,” Friedman said.“We’ve never closed our school.Our relationship with Boys andGirls Club is still intact but we’redoing everything here now.”

Operettas by Gilbert and Sulli-van are noted for being fast-paced,particularly the lyrics, but Fried-

man is confident young perform-ers will master “Pirates” with ease.

“When I was in middle school myteacher was in the national compa-ny of Gilbert and Sullivan,” he said.“And since it’s all in the publicdomain, we did it all the time.”

Tena Milburn is the director of“Pirates,” with musical directionby Kenneth Whitchard. Perfor-mances will be presented at Spot-light on Dec. 11 and 18.Twice-weekly rehearsals begin onOct. 19. Registration fee is $350plus a $50 costume fee.

Future plans call for offeringmore classes in the performingarts as Spotlight did in the past.For the present, however, Fried-man said he and co-director, AlexNeal, are taking things “one at atime.”

For fees and class times, callSpotlight at 634-0692.

LA singer joinsSoLuna at fair

Camille Gavin’s “Arts Alive!”column appears on Thursday. Write to her

via e-mail at [email protected]

Camille Gavin CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

‘An Evening of FrenchMusic’When: 7:30 p.m. Friday

Where: Doré Theatre, 9001

Stockdale Highway

Admission: $10; students and

seniors, $6


SoLuna BalletWhen: 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday and

Sunday

Where: Kern County Fair, Villa

Festiva stage

Admission: Free with fair

entrance ticket


‘Hurry Up Santa’ auditionsWhen: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday

Where: The Empty Space, 706

Oak St.

Information: 327-PLAY

Open House

When: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday

Where: The Foundry, 1700

Chester Ave.

Admission: Free


GO & DO

How about someFrench music? Oui

CALIFORNIAN FILE

Dario Fonseca leads a dance lesson at a rehearsal of SoLunita, a folklorico for children.


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BY ALLIE CASTRO Californian staff writer

[email protected]

Sure, this article can be for “all youpain-loving, mud-loving, exercise-lov-ing runners and athletes of Bakers-

field” (aka the Volkslauf runners ofBakersfield as they describe themselves ontheir Facebook page). But mostly it’s for thepeople who want to participate in the Volk-slauf from their warm, dry positions asspectators.

Though registration has come and gone,there is still plenty of opportunity to sup-port the Volkslauf run, which benefits fourlocal charities. And, really, what could bebetter than watching your friends slogthrough the mud and hurl themselves over8-foot walls, while you kick back with a bev-erage and get some great photos?

After a yearlong hiatus due to land leaseand logistical problems, the Volkslauf mudrun will be Saturday in its new location offMerle Haggard Drive.

Competitors train for months for this gru-eling event, which can span either 5 or 10kilometers and includes traditional MarineCorps obstacle-course elements such aswalls, ditches, trenches and rope bridges.

On the Facebook page used by coordina-tors to generate buzz and attract volun-teers, one of the coordinators posted apicture of a newly designed obstacle, towhich race director and former USMC drillinstructor and Staff Sgt. Glen Pruett slylyresponded: “You can’t keep letting the catout of the bag like this. You’re going to scarerunners off. OK, the sawdust is a little deep,but they’ll get through it all right, with a lit-tle help. We won’t put all that much wateron it. Besides, once the water dries up, find-ing the bodies shouldn’t be hard at all.”

Pruett also recruits the talents of designated“motivators” for the event. He says, “In the pastwe’ve had Marine Drill Instructors come fromMCRD San Diego to “assist” in their specialfashion … They do not assist as would a cheer-leader but they do add that “special flair” to thecourse which can be found nowhere else.”

Though participating might not be every-one’s cup of tea, spectators can share in thecamaraderie and fun of the event. Pruettsays that while the land-run part of the

course is not accessible to spectators, theobstacles are all visible. In fact, he says “Thecourse has been redesigned this year toaddress this very issue.” He adds “The O-Course is built in a semi-circle. They cannotaccess the course, but they can, and do,walk beside it. It’s almost as much fun forthe observers as it is for the runners.”

Tents are provided to shade spectators,and refreshments are available for purchase.

There will be a Junior Volkslauf courseavailable for free to kids ages 4 and up.Pruett says this course is the mirror imageof the adult course, just scaled back tomatch the age group’s ability.

Of his favorite Volkslauf moment, Pruettsays: “Undoubtedly my favorite was 2008,the last year we were at the Lerdo site. Thatwas the year Cpl. Evan Morgan (doubleamputee Marine Iraq War vet) ran Volkslauf.The very fact he participated at all is beyondmotivating. The fact he did so on his knucklesthe last several hundred yards (because grithad gotten into his prosthetic leg sockets)sent me, and most of the crowd watching,over the edge. There wasn’t a dry eye in thehouse, so to speak. Evan received a standingovation from the crowd of several thousandspectators. He promises to return with a cou-ple of his veteran amputee buddies this yearand I’ve informed him neither his or his bud-dies money is good at Volkslauf. So far as I’mconcerned, it’s ‘on the house.’”

Pruett says he’s expecting more than 2,500runners this year, about 10 times the numberof participants in the inaugural run of 1997.

They suffer, you watchVolkslauf Run When: 9 a.m. Saturday

Where: Located on land best

described as a half-mile north and

east on Highway 65 from the

intersection of 65 and 7th Standard

Road/Merle Haggard Drive

Admission: Free for spectators

Information: volkslauf.com

Run benefits CASA, our Ronald

McDonald House, Kern County Toys for

Tots and the Make-A-Wish Foundation

of San Joaquin Valley.

November 13, 14, and 20, 2010

October 8, 2010

February 26, 2011

April 30, May 1 and 7, 2011

A L L P E R F O R M A N C E S H E L D A T T H E H A R V E Y A U D I T O R I U M

V I S I T U S O N F A C E B O O K


A Volkslauf participant traverses a rope near the end of the course in 2006.


Eye Street

BY MATT MUNOZBakotopia.com editor

[email protected]

The Halloween season is ingear, so let’s check out whattreats await you in October.

Country legend David Allen Coeis looking more like a member ofthe Addams Family lately, but theman still has “Itt.”

Get it? One of more infamous“outlaw” country singer-songwrit-ers of the ’70s and ’80s, his fansare true diehards.

Among his more popular com-positions is “Take This Job andShove It,” a song that inspired amovie of the same name, andwalkouts nationwide. That songalso was a hit for the equallybizarre-looking Johnny Paycheck,who now resides in country musicheaven.

According to Coe’s personal rapsheet, his life is a tale of childhoodreform schools and jail, starting atthe age of 9.

Depending on which music his-torian you believe, the 71-year-oldwas also rumored to have spenttime on death row for killing aninmate during one of his prisonstints.

Scary stuff, considering today’scountry artists sing about highschool crushes and dead familypets.

Tickets for Coe’s Oct. 6 concertat Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace,2800 Buck Owens Blvd. are avail-able now for $35.50 to $25.50 at allVallitix outlets, or by calling 328-7560.

Now, if we can only get TaylorSwift to duet on

“Mona LisaLost Her

Smile”?Not the

least bitscary is

sexy soul-singer KeithSweat, who

plans on making ladies scream indelight at The Fox next Thursday,Oct. 7.

Still sounding as smooth as hedid on his 1987 debut album,Sweat’s musical catalog has agedwell.

His latest CD, “Ridin’ Solo,” con-tinues in the same vein as his clas-sics, “Twisted,” “I Want Her” and“Make It Last Forever.”

Tickets range from $41 to $61also available through Vallitix, orby calling the Fox box office at324-1369.

Younger, but with a much foulervocabulary is rap rocker MickeyAvalon, who makes his return to BRyder’s, 7401 White Lane on Oct.17.

Avalon, whose real name isYeshe Perl, is known for his outra-geous stage show and songs deal-ing with his days of drugs, alcoholand prostitution.

While he definitely won’t bewinning a Grammy anytime soon,he did live up to his hard partyingreputation at the BakersfieldRockin’ Roots Festival in June.Drunkenly loud and obnoxious,he drew one of the weekend’s big-ger crowds with a bevy of scantilyclad dancers onstage.

Like his peers — pop starKe$ha, electro punks 3OH!3, and

Oakland rapper Andre Nickatina— Avalon’s scene is bratty Holly-wood party fare. Tickets for hisupcoming all-ages show are$29.50. For more info, visit: tim-gardeapresents.com or call 397-7304.

Next week, I’ll have a review ofthis year’s Universal Studios Hal-loween Horror Nights, plus someinfo on one local band, appearingat Six Flags Magic Mountain dur-ing Fright Fest. Be afraid, be veryafraid.

Matt’s picksCidona and more at The Gate,

2010 O St., 7 p.m. Friday. $7. All

ages.If you haven’t checked out the

band’s cool new video for the song“Lost In Transit,” find it onYouTube. Better yet, catch thisyoung band of talents who haveone of the most energetic showsin Bako.

Also appearing is singer-song-writer Alex Mitts who along withgreat original acoustic materialhas an amazing head of hair.Demand that Mitts’ perform his“Britney Spears medley.”

You can tell him I told you to. “The Brain That Wouldn’t

Die” screening at CaffeineSupreme, 20th and F streets, at 8p.m. Friday. Free. 873-4712.

What happens when a mad sci-entist takes the decapitated headof his fiancée and keeps it alive ona platter with hopes to find a new

body? Not a whole lotta love, that’s for

sure. Originally titled “The Black

Door,” this 1959 B-movie also fea-tures a classic stripper catfight,with a jazzy soundtrack. Bring alawn chair or blanket, and preparefor some real First Friday “headu-tainment.”

Viva Skaktoberfest at Fishlips,1517 18th St., at 9 p.m. Saturday.$5. 324-2557.

So, you haven’t had enoughafter the Bakersfield Oktoberfest?Head downtown and continuegetting “Wunderbar” with helpfrom Central Valley Latin rockersVital, DJ Mikey, and ska funkstersMento Buru.

Be prepared to raise some spir-its and make the walls sweat. It’sbetter than Zumba!

Outlaw heads back to townThe Lowdown with Matt Munoz

Bakotopia Radio9 to 10 p.m. Sundays on 106.1

FM. KRAB Radio

Hosts: Matt Munoz and

Miranda Whitworth

This Sunday:Interview with rockabilly

legend Dave Alvin appearing

live at Fishlips Oct. 5.

Local jazz funk band Soulajar

performs live.

Preview of Inkdiction Tattoo

Expo at The Dome Oct. 8 and

9

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.

COURTESY OF DAVID ALLEN COE

Country music legend David Allen Coe will appear at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace on Oct. 6.


Eye Street

BY MATT MUNOZBakotopia.com editor

[email protected]

Dave Alvin’s folk music roots areshowing more these days.Returning Tuesday night to

Fishlips, the guitarist and singer/song-writer, a legend in roots music circles,has a lot to share with fans. From hisdays as a young Downey guitar slingerbraving the Hollywood punk scenewith his band The Blasters to numer-ous guest spots and solo recordings,Alvin’s edge is sharper than ever.

“I still play the same notes, somejust louder than others,” he said viacell phone during a recent tour stop.“In the long run, it’s about the purity ofthe sound.”

Not a fan of labels, he does refer tohis own particular style as “folk,” butadds …

“I have a pretty broad definition ofwhat folk music is. Most people thinkit’s just acoustic guitar and Oprystages. That’s certainly part of it. But tome folk music is anything that comesout of traditional American music.”

There’s no debating his thoughts onthat subject either. Becoming one ofthe most respected artists of his gener-ation, his influence is also steeped inCentral Valley history.

“My mom grew up in Reedley, so Ikind of grew up hearing that Bakers-field and West Coast country sound.”

The early days: What a BlastA friend to many of alternative

rock’s early ’80s voices like Los Ange-les’ X and bluesy/punk The Gun Club,two bands he also spent time makingmusic with, Alvin still considers him-self a fan.

“It was great, because back in thosedays in the punk rock scene, we alllooked out and hung out with eachother. It wasn’t about making money.It was about being with your friends.”

That rang true through much ofAlvin’s early career playing alongsidehis brother, Phil, in The Blasters. Whilethe band garnered a cult following,they never quite reached mainstreamsuccess.

However, being able to tell stories ofplaying for pop impresario Dick Clarkon “American Bandstand” in front ofmillions of TV viewers made the expe-rience all worthwhile … from what hecan remember.

“It was so early in the morning thatyou really couldn’t appreciate howsurreal it was,” he recalled. “Onemoment you’re standing next to DickClark, then later that afternoon about5 o’clock, you’re like “Wow, I just did‘American Bandstand’?”

In 1986, Alvin left The Blasters and,like many of his peers, began to carvehis own musical niche. He scored aGrammy in 2000 for his album, “Pub-lic Domain: Songs From The Wild

Land.”

A Buck Owens quote to live byBut two of his most noteworthy

projects are those associated with apair of country music’s closest com-padres — Dwight Yoakam and BuckOwens. Covering Alvin’s “Long WhiteCadillacs,” a song originally written forThe Blasters, Yoakam’s 1989 versionwas a shared artistic and financial hit.

“Dwight and I were friends beforehe was a star, and I was very touchedand honored by his recording. Therewere also a few nice checks that camewith that.”

Hired by pro audio magazine Mix tointerview Buck Owens in Bakersfieldin 2000, Alvin came to the CrystalPalace hoping for 30 minutes with thelegend. What he ended up with wasmore than he had bargained for.

“Buck was supposed to play the sec-

ond set of his show after our interview,but we ended up talking for over twoand a half hours, and his band wenton without him. We talked abouteverything, and he gave me one of thebest quotes anyone has ever given me.It captured my concept of Americanmusic. He said, ‘Back in the old days, Icouldn’t say this, but I can say it now… My two biggest influences musical-ly were Bob Wills and the Texas Play-boys and Little Richard.’

“When he said that, I was like,‘Buck, you’re OK.’”

Today, the 54-year old is touringwith his latest band, a group he hand-picked based on what he still lovesabout his job — friendships.

“These are all old friends from dif-ferent projects, but some of them hadnever met each other.”

Dubbed The Guilty Women, theyare: Lisa Pankratz, drums; Cindy Cash-dollar, guitar; Christy McWilson,vocals; and Sarah Brown, bass. All vet-erans and collectively one of the mostgifted bands around, the group’s onlyoffense is its extreme talent.

“I needed a change, and to jar thingsup. I said, ‘I’m going to put togetherthe best all-woman roots band ever.’And I did.”

Dave Alvin: One man,many musical lives

Dave Alvin & The Guilty WomenWhen: 8 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Fishlips, 1517 18th St.

Admission: $20


PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE ALVIN

Dave Alvin will perform with The Guilty Women at Fishlips on Tuesday night.

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Murray Family FarmsOctoberFest 2010

Two different farm

locations to feature corn

mazes, spider maze, kiddy

maze, petting zoo, hayride

with free small pumpkin,

ant farm, fun land, face

painting, crafts, and food.

Runs Oct. 1 to 31, noon to 6

p.m. Monday to Friday, 9

a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday

and Sunday; Murray Family

Farms, 6700 General Beale

Road. Monday to Friday:

$7, adults; $5, children 12

and under. Saturday and

Sunday: $10 per person.

Free for children under 30

inches every day. 330-

0100.

Movie in the Park withNOR

Bring your whole family to

the park for a free viewing

of the PG-rated movie

“Monster House.”

Begins at dusk Oct. 8,

Madison Grove Park, 10115

Norris Road. 392-2000.

‘My Funny Frankenstein’

Dr. Frankenstein and his

creation “The Creature”

have been touring the

world as one of the most

successful comedy song-

and-dance teams since

Hope and Crosby. But The

Creature has grown tired of

the road and the good

Doctor can’t understand

why. Making matters worse

is their evil manager, Frau

Blah-Blah, who is intent on

milking them for all that

they’re worth.

Runs Oct. 8 to Nov. 13, 7

p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2

p.m. Sunday; Gaslight

Melodrama 12748 Jomani

Drive. Adults, $20; seniors,

$18; kids 12 and under, $9;

students with valid ID, $9;

Sunday matinee adults,

$18. 587-3377.

Night at the Museum

Creep through the Buena

Vista Museum’s exhibit

halls with only flashlights

to guide you. Families start

tour through an area filled

with African and Asian

animals and Miocene

fossils, then creep upstairs

to the North American

Animals and Dinosaurs

area and end in the Weird

Professor’s science lab in

the basement.

7 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 15 and

16, Buena Vista Museum,

2018 Chester Ave. $7,

adults; $5, students. Space

is limited, call for

reservations. 324-6350.

‘Geeks vs. Zombies’

Comedy-horror for

audiences 16 and up about

four zombie movie-

obsessed guys who

manage to survive the

zombie apocalypse by

using all of the tips they’ve

picked up while watching

every zombie movie ever

made.

8 p.m. Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23

and 29, 8 p.m. and

midnight Oct. 30; The

Empty Space, 706 Oak St.

Pre-show Oct. 15 and 16,

$6; suggested donation for

other performances, $10.

327-7529.

Fort Tejon Ghost Walk

Old-fashioned historical

games and activities,

pumpkin carving, and bake

sale. After dark candles are

lit and patrons are escorted

on a spooky tour of Fort

Tejon’s hidden secrets. On-

site camping also available

by reservation.

4 p.m. Oct. 16, 4201 Fort

Tejon Road, Lebec. Ghost

walk and a barbecue

dinner, $15, adults; $8,

kids. Ghost walk only: $10,

adults; $5, kids. 323-377-

7428.

Halloween Storytime

Come dressed in your

costume, hear “Scaredy-

Cat Splat!” along with

other stories read by Miss

Olivia, enjoy some sweet

treats, and make your own

crafts such as your own

Halloween mask, and more.

11 a.m. Oct. 23, Barnes &

Noble, 4001 California Ave.

Free. 631-2575.

NOR’s Halloween FrightShop!

Get your ghosts and

goblins ready for the

“witching hour” with this

crafts class for kids ages

8-12. Kids will create some

fun and spooky crafts for

the big day!

10 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 23,

Greenacres Community

Center 2014 Calloway

Drive. $15 per child, pre-

registration online is

encouraged. 392-2010.

CALM’s Boo at the Zoo

Play games, make crafts,

see the animals, wildlife

presentations, bounce

house, food and beverages

for sale. Costumes highly

encouraged.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 23

and 24, CALM, 10500

Alfred Harrell Highway.

Adults, $9; seniors, $7; free

for CALM members and

kids up to 12; $1 for bounce

house. 872-2256.

Murder at the Museum

Wear your favorite

costume and enjoy

appetizers, dinner and

dessert all catered by Chef

Tye Bell. Try to unravel the

clues and figure out who

dunnit. Prizes will be given.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 29,

Buena Vista Museum, 2018

Chester Ave. $75; $65,

museum members.

Advance reservations

required. 324-6350.

Color Me Mine’sHalloween Party

Paint by candlelight,

Halloween edition! Event

will feature spooky

lighting, scary music and

Halloween treats. Wear

your costume for a free

studio fee. Reservations

are encouraged and

guarantee two hours of

table time.

6 to 11 p.m. Oct. 29, Color

Me Mine, 9000 Ming Ave.

Free admission for those in

costume. 664-7366.

Halloween Lantern LightTour

These annual lantern light

events explore the legends

and eerie past of the Kern

Valley and the historic

buildings found at Silver

City Ghost Town. In

addition to the guided

tours, nationally known

paranormal researchers

will be conducting live

investigations each of the

three nights. They will be

sharing their techniques

and any evidence they find

with the public.

7:13 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 29

to 31, Silver City Ghost

Town, 3829 Lake Isabella

Blvd., Bodfish. $12. 760-

379-5146.

Safe Halloween 2010

More than 30 local

businesses will staff the

decorated buildings of the

museum to decorate their

assigned building and

provide kids with trick-or-

treat stops. Event will also

feature a school-type

carnival with games,

preschool area with

readers, activities and

games, costume contest,

Halloween cartoons on the

Haunted Drive-In screen,

and food for purchase. All

are encouraged to dress in

their best costume.

4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30 and 31,

Kern County Museum,

3801 Chester Ave. $8. 852-

5020.

‘Rocky Horror PictureShow’

The Velvet Darkness cast

will kick things off in the

lobby with fun photo ops.

Come dressed in your best

Halloween costume to win

exciting prizes and tickets

to upcoming concerts.

Check out your favorite

Halloween characters with

a meet-and-greet, then

play your part during the

with prop bags and lots of

interaction during the film.

Doors open at 10 p.m., pre-

show at 11:30, show starts

at midnight Oct. 30, Fox

Theater, 2001 H St. $10,

must be 17 or older to

attend. 324-1369.

Boos & Blues Halloween

Monster Mash

Enjoy the sounds of The

Blackboard Playboys and

members of Kern River

Blues Society for this 21-

and-over musical event.

The Mash will also feature

a costume contest, games,

dancing and prizes.

7 p.m. Oct. 30, Trout’s &

The Blackboard Stages,

805 N. Chester Ave. $5.

kernriverbluessociety@

gmail.com.

Scary for Charity

Halloween Party

The largest 21-and-over

Halloween party in

Bakersfield will be hosted

by local businesses to

benefit Kern Partnership

for Children and Families.

Event will feature a

costume contest, live

music by Randy Emmett

and The Sideshow, DJ

Margo Saylor, a silent

auction, hors d’oeuvres,

cocktails and dancing.

Entertainment provided by

lighting specialist, a dance

troupe set to perform to

"Thriller," stilt-walking

monsters and more.

7 p.m. to midnight Oct. 30,

DoubleTree Hotel 3100

Camino Del Rio Court.

scaryforcharity.com.

Annual Halloween Haunt

Event will feature live

entertainment provided by

the Just Dave Band,

midnight costume contest

with cash prizes for best

individual costume and

best couple costume, and

drink specials.

9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 30,

Fishlips, 1517 18th St. $5.

324-2557.

Walk MS 2010

This event with 1- and 3-

mile walks along the Kern

River Bike Path will include

a Halloween party route,

finish line festivities,

fantastic foods and a

“best-dressed” contest.

7 a.m. check-in, Oct. 30,

Yokuts Park, off Empire

Drive. 1-800-344-4867.

Harvest Fest

Carnival games, inflatable

bounce houses and slide,

Trunk-or-treating and

carnival-style food for sale.

All are encouraged to dress

in non-scary costumes.

Admission is free.

5 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31, First

Presbyterian Church, 1705

17th St. Free. 325-9419.

Halloween events


Eye Street

Two renowned guitarists are headed toBakersfield this week. The musicstarts Saturday with award-winning

guitarist Christopher Caliendo, who willbring his trio to Bright House Networks

Amphitheater at 7p.m. Caliendo special-izes in upbeat classicalperformances with aLatin twist. Winner ofboth the PeabodyGrant and the HeritageAward from the Acade-my of Motion Pictures,Caliendo was the firstAmerican artist to becommissioned by theVatican. Accompany-

ing his trio on the stage will be professionaltango dancers.

Tickets for the performance are $10; VIPdinner packages provided by Prime Cut arealso available. Additionally, patrons canbring their own food and beverages to theamphitheater, and alcohol is permitted withthe purchase of a $1 age-verification license.

Tickets are available at all Ticketmasterlocations, charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

On Tuesday, genre-hopping, continent-

crossing guitarist Daryl Shawn makes hisfourth appearance at Borders Books in Bak-ersfield at 7 p.m., spinning out an instru-mental set developed over years on theroad.

This free evening concert is part ofShawn's fifth tour of 2010, a busy year dur-ing which he has traveled to 20 states andthree Canadian provinces. On this date, hewill be featuring tunes from a pair ofupcoming full-length releases, one devotedto pieces he composed for five weddings(his second album of these works), the oth-er sticking close to rock while utilizing tech-niques culled from flamenco, classical andnew music.

In addition to drawing from his largebody of original tunes, Shawn has a taste foroff-the-cuff interpretation, re-imaginingfamiliar tunes that can range from Elvis toJawbox.— Daryl Shawn media release

Guitarists show offvirtuosity at pair of shows

Come hum as they strumChristopher Caliendo at 7 p.m.

Saturday; Bright House Networks

Amphitheater; admission $10; tickets

available all Ticketmaster locations,

charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000,

or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Daryl Shawn at 7 p.m. Tuesday;

Borders Books Cafe, 4980 Stockdale

Highway; admission free

GO & DO

Shawn


Eye Street

BY CAMILLE GAVINContributing columnist

Agroup of local teachers is finding newways to strengthen art instruction inthe schools through their member-

ship in California Art Education Associa-tion, or CAEA.

They’re inviting like-minded teachers tolearn more about the statewide organiza-tion at a social gathering Wednesdayevening at the Bakersfield Museum of Art.

“It’s open to teachers at all levels,” saidShelley Juhl-O’Brien, one of four art teach-ers at West High School. “Right now withthe budget cuts, elementary schools aren’tdoing much in art and (CAEA) can showthem how to introduce it to classes.”

Workshops and mini-conferences areoffered by the organization at both the dis-trict and state level. These include hands-on demonstrations and lesson plans.

Juhl-O’Brien is president of the centraldistrict of CAEA, a nine-county area thatcovers a wide swath across the middle por-tion of California. She said her board isbeginning now to plan for the state conven-tion to be held in Bakersfield in November2011.

In addition to sharing ideas with otherprofessionals, CAEA offers scholarships tostudents of members and engages in advo-cacy at the state level.

Juhl-O’Brien said the greatest concern atthe moment is a new bill, AB2446, whichchanges the visual arts requirements neces-sary for graduation from high school.

As of this writing, the bill was on the gov-ernor’s desk, according to an e-mail from astate education department official. Todayis the deadline for Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger to sign it. If the bill doesbecome law, a high school could eliminateone art teacher and replace the position

with a certified technical educator whodoes not have a degree in art.

“For example, someone who is an archi-tect could be a CTE and teach a course likeAutoCAD and students would get art creditfor it,” she explained. AutoCAD is a multi-faceted software program used in creatingthree-dimensional designs for variousindustries.

“I’m not saying (technical education) isbad,” Juhl-O’Brien said. “I just think youneed to learn the basics of design first —they’re the tools you need to build in otherareas.”

Even so, she feels a middle ground can befound where teachers who majored in visu-al art can work with individuals in fieldsthat are more technical.

“We’d like to work with them on this,”Juhl-O’Brien said. “We’re trying to buildbridges, not burn them down.”

As for scholarships, a local studentreceived a big one just last spring. AndrewFrausto, a student of South High teacherHank Washington, won a statewide CAEAcompetition that included a three-day tripto New York City and a visit to the Museumof Modern Art as well as other landmarks.

Other local teachers who serve as officersin the district are Michelle Bilik, Angie Gia,and Yvonne Cavanagh.

Although Juhl-O’Brien could not citeexact numbers, she estimates the districthas about 70 members.

Dues are $35 per year for first-time mem-bers.

Organization hopes togalvanize advocacy

Teacher to teacher:Let’s save art in school

California Art EducationAssociation SocialWhen: 6 p.m. Wednesday

Where: Bakersfield Museum of Art,

1930 R St.

Admission: Free

Information: E-mail

[email protected]


Several Bakersfield teachers hope to get their colleagues involved in advocacy for thearts in school. From left: Yvonne Cavanagh, Bakersfield High; Shelley Juhl-O’Brien, WestHigh; Angie Gia, Bakersfield City School District; and Michele Bilik, Bakersfield High.


Eye Street

BY MAUREEN BUSCHER-DANGContributing writer

Luigi’s will take to the streets around itsrestaurant and deli at 725 E. 19th St. to cel-ebrate the business’s 100th anniversary on

Sunday.Beginning at 11 a.m. and continuing until

6 p.m., the streets — blocked off to traffic —will be filled with more than 30 Italian ven-dors, including those who have preparedspecialty foods exclusively for sampling.Local favorites, including Moo Creamery,Rosemary’s Ice Cream, Sweet Surrender,Pyrenees Bakery, Luigi’s Covenant Coffee, B-Town Toffee, Aunt Mae’s Candies andDewar’s, will be among the vendors offeringtreats. Dewar’s has produced a “spumonichew” just for the anniversary.

Luigi’s Italian wines, beers and spirits willbe available, with seven wine booths featur-ing Luigi’s 100-Year Anniversary ProprietaryRed and Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley.

The afternoon will feature live entertain-ment, including the Shades of Gray, NewsBrothers and Good Question, as well as per-formances by jugglers, magicians and anItalian accordion player. A children’s cornerwill feature games and Italian crafts.

For people looking for tradition, thisevent will be “oozing” with it. There will begrape stomping and a pasta-eating contest.Italian Lamborghini cars and Ducati

motorcycles will be on display. Berchtold Equipment Co., a neighboring

business that specializes in farm equipmentsales, also is celebrating its 100th year offamily ownership. The Berchtold family willoffer tractor rides around the Luigi’s event.

Admission to the celebration is $20. Chil-dren under 12 will get in for free. Go toshopluigis.com to buy advance tickets online.— Maureen Buscher-Dang is a Bakersfield publicrelations consultant. She is writing this onbehalf of Luigi’s.

A special Sunday treatLuigi’s 100th Anniversary CelebrationWhen: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3

Where: 725 E. 19th St., and

surrounding streets

Admission: $20, children 12 and

under free

Information: Visit shopluigis.com for

details and to buy tickets.

Coming SaturdayThe Lemucchi and Valpredo families

have graciously agreed to share

several of the recipes that keep Luigi’s

fans coming back for more. Don’t miss

Eye Street Saturday.

COURTESY JUDY ALFTER AND CHERYL MESTMAKER

The Luigi’s family, from left: Timothy Lemucchi, Margaret Lemucchi, Sandra Valpredo,Gino Valpredo, Tonia Valpredo, Lanette Valpredo, Monte Valpredo, Monica Sacco andJohn Sacco.


Eye Street

TODAYKutless, 8 p.m., Kern County

Fairgrounds, Budweiser Pavilion,

1142 P St. Free with paid fair

admission. 833-4900.

“Oasis in Space,” 7:30 p.m.,

Bakersfield College, Planetarium,

Math and Science Building, room

112, 1801 Panorama Drive. $6.50;

$4.50 students/seniors. Tickets

will not be sold at the door. 395-

4326.

Friday10th annual Boots & BachelorAuction, benefiting the

Bakersfield Homeless Center,

featuring 15 eligible bachelors, live

and silent auction, no-host bar,

6:30 to 11 p.m., Buck Owens

Crystal Palace, 2800 Buck Owens

Blvd. $65, includes dinner. Tickets

available at Crystal Palace. 378-

5646.

“Lace’n It Up For — Links forLife” kick off Breast Cancer Walk to

kick off awareness month;

registration 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at

three locations: Liberty Bell (1415

Truxtun Ave.), the Park at River Walk

(Stockdale Highway at Buena Vista),

or Public Health Building, 1800 Mt.

Vernon Ave.; lunch (for those who

reserved it) to follow at the three

locations. 322-5601.

Guess Who, 8 p.m., Kern County




PRCA Rodeo, 7:30 p.m. Friday and

Saturday, Kern County Fairgrounds,

Grandstand, 1142 P St. 833-4900.

An Evening of French Music,with Julia Lawson Haney and Soo-

Yeon Park Chang, 7:30 p.m., CSUB,

Dore Theatre, 9001 Stockdale

Highway. $10; $6

students/seniors/CSUB alumni and

staff. Free for CSUB students with

ID. 654-2156.

Murray Family Farms’OctoberFest 2010, featuring a

spider maze, kiddy maze, hayride

with free small pumpkin, ant farm,

fun land, noon to 6 p.m. Monday

through Friday; and 9 a.m. to 6

p.m. Saturday and Sunday, now

until Oct. 31, Murray Family Farms,

6700 General Beale Road. $7

adults (Monday-Friday); $5

children 12 and under; free for

children under 30 inches; $10 per

person (Sat.-Sun.); free for children

under 30 inches.

murrayfamilyfarms.com or 330-

0100.

Talladega Frights HauntedAttraction, 7 p.m. Friday and

Saturday, 11811 Rosedale Highway.

talladegafrights.com,

facebook.com/TalladegaFrights or

699-8633.

First Friday Downtown,featuring live music, art openings,

specialty shops, galleries and

boutiques, artists will set up their

artwork, 5 to 9 p.m., Downtown

Arts District. 634-9598.

Hectic Films presents “TheGrip,” featuring independent and

short films, 8 to 10 p.m., Caffeine

Supreme, 2000 F St.

caffeinesupreme.com or 321-9097.

Luke 14 Dinner, presented by Joni

and Friends Ministries, Bakersfield

Chapter; 6 to 8 p.m., Northminster

Presbyterian Church, 3700 Union

Ave. 900-9119.

Pajamarama Storytime, for

children up to age 12 can come

hear stories and do crafts in their

pajamas, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble,

children’s area, 4001 California

Ave. Free. 631-2575.

Wine Bar Flight, featuring the

best of Syrah, 2004 Meyer family,

2007 Tensley Tierra Alta, 2006

Black Bart, 2005 Alban Reva and

more, 4 p.m., Imbibe Wine &

Spirits Merchant, 4140 Truxtun

Ave. Tastes, $2 to $10. 633-WINE.

SaturdayBeatlemajesty, 8 p.m., Kern

County Fairgrounds, Budweiser

Pavilion, 1142 P St. Free with paid

fair admission. 833-4900.

Gospel Day, starting at noon.

Kern County Fairgrounds, Frontier

Stage, 1142 P St. 833-4900.

Hypnotist Tina Marie, 6 and

9:45 p.m., Kern County




13th annual BakersfieldInterfaith Conference, 10 a.m.,

Bakersfield College, Fine Arts

Auditorium, 1801 Panorama Drive.

Free.

2010 Concert Series, with

Christopher Caliendo, 7 p.m.,

Bright House Networks

Amphitheatre, Stockdale Highway

and Buena Vista Road. $10, $25 for

three-show package.

Ticketmaster.com or all

Ticketmaster outlets or by calling

800-745-3000.

28th annual FACT Barbecue forthe Birds, open house, 2 p.m.;

dinner at 5 p.m., CSUB, Facility for

Animal Care and Treatment, 9001

Stockdale Highway. $15; $10

students/seniors; $6 children 5-12.

Reservations, 654-3167.

Central Coast Wine Bus Tour,includes breakfast, gourmet lunch

and a visit to wineries, 9:30 a.m.,

Cafe Med, 4809 Stockdale

Highway. $95 per person. 834-

4433 or visit

cafemedrestaurant.com.

Bakersfield Oktoberfest, 3 to 10

p.m., Stramler Park, 3805 Chester

Ave. $5 advance, $10 at the gate;

“party pack” $35, $40 at the gate.

Proceeds benefit M.A.R.E. Riding

Center.

bakersfieldoktoberfest.com.

Tickets available at Ugly Duck

Marketing, 1419 19th St. 327-3825.

Seventh annual Walk to DefeatALS, check-in at 8 a.m., walk

begins at 9:30 a.m., The Park at

River Walk, Stockdale Highway and

Buena Vista Road. walk.alsala.org.

Third annual “Ride 4 Youth”Benefit Motorcycle Ride, with a

barbecue, raffle, giveaways, bike

show, registration at 8:30 a.m., the

50-mile ride begins at 9:30 a.m.

and will end at Peacock Park,

Valley Cycle & Motorsports, 3917

Buck Owens Blvd. $35 single rider,

$50 for two. $10 for barbecue,

children under 7 with a parent are

free. yfcride4youth.com or 323-

9041.

Volkslauf Run, 9 a.m., located a

half mile north and east on

Highway 65 from the intersection

of 65 and 7th Standard

Road/Merle Haggard Drive. Free

for spectators. volkslauf.com.

10th annual California

Challenge Concours

d’Elegance, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kern

County Museum, 3801 Chester

Ave. Museum admission rates

apply for spectators, museum

members are free. 747-4416.

Autumn Faire, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Patriots Park, 1600 New

Stine Road. Free. villageartisans.org

or 205-2923.

Dangerous Boys Club, with Ryan

Young, 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble,

children’s area, 4001 California

Ave. Free. 631-2575.

Eighth annual Old Friends of

Bakersfield Car Club “Fabulous

Fifties Fun Car Show,” 9 a.m. to

3 p.m, Olive Knolls Church of the

Nazarene, 6201 Fruitvale Ave. $35

entry fee. 703-4071 or 809-1500.

Just for Kids, 10:30 a.m. to noon,

Buena Vista Museum of Natural

History, 2018 Chester Ave. $7

adults; $5 students with ID,

seniors; $4 for children under 18; 5

and under are free. Members are

free. 324-6350.

Kern River Valley Hiking Club;

moderate hike explores Sunday

Peak; leave at 7:30 a.m. from

Chevron, junction of highways 178

and 184 (Weedpatch). Bring lunch

and 2 quarts of water. Directions:

lakeisabella.net/hiking or 747-5065

or 778-3453.

Meet Your Neighbors Kick-Off

Festival, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Central

Park at Mill Creek, 21st and R

streets. Free. 322-7598.

“Sharktooth Hill: A Kern

County Fossil Treasure,” with

geologist Tim Elam, 2 p.m., Buena

Vista Museum of Natural History,

2018 Chester Ave. $7 adults, $5

students/seniors, $4 child. 324-

6350.

SundayNinel Conde, 8 p.m., Kern County




Fiesta Rodeo, 6 p.m., Kern

County Fairgrounds, Grandstand,

1142 P St. 833-4900.

CSUB Women’s Soccer vs.Pepperdine, 7 p.m., CSUB

campus, 9001 Stockdale Highway.

$4 to $10. 654-2583.

Mental Health Fair, with free

health screenings, resources, food

and entertainment, 11 a.m. to 4

p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital,

5201 White Lane. 215-7503.

THEATER26th annual Kern ShakespeareFestival “As You Like It,” 8 p.m.

Friday, The Empty Space, 706 Oak

St. 327-PLAY.

“Deathtrap,” 8 p.m. Friday and

Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Stars

Dinner Theatre, 1931 Chester Ave.

$50 to $55; show-only tickets $30;

matinee shows are $45 and $50.

325-6100.

Major League Improv,improvisational comedy show,

appropriate for families, 6 p.m.

Saturdays, The Empty Space, 706

Oak St. Free but donations are

accepted. 327-PLAY.

ARTReception for Winners in theArts Category, from the Kern

County Fair, 4 to 8 p.m. Friday,

Bakersfield Art Association Art

Center, 1817 Eye St. 869-2320.

“Ebb and Flow Kern’sVanishing Water” Art Exhibit,on display until Sunday, JP

Jennings Gallery, 1700 Chester

Ave. 323-1622.

The ceramic art of David Furman:

“Forty Years in the Making: 2010-

1970,” Pamela Hill Enticknap:

“Currents,” and Eye Gallery: “Close

to Home,” on display until Nov. 21,

Bakersfield Museum of Art, 1930 R

St. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-

Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday

and Sunday. 323-7219.

BY MIRANDA WHITWORTHContributing writer

Looking for a little German flavor inyour own backyard? Head to StramlerPark Saturday for Bakersfield Oktober-

fest. In the tradition of the Bavarian festival,it will be an afternoon of German beers,food and entertainment with a hometownfeel.

“We try to bring a little bit of flair fromMunich, Germany, and infuse it with somelocal traditions as well with bringing inLengthwise Brewery and other businesseshere in Kern County,” said event chairmanKevin Harrer.

Attendees paying general admission willhave the chance to buy drink tickets for awide array of traditional German beers frombreweries such as Hofbrau, Hacker-Pschorr,Paulaner, Spaten, Weihenstephaner andKonig Pilsner. Local beers will be on tap with

special Oktoberfest blends from LengthwiseBrewery and BJ’s Brewhouse.

If you’re looking for a one-stop shop tick-eting experience, event co-chairman CoryJenkins recommends the party-pack ticket,which gives you access to all of the beers, ameal ticket and souvenir beer stein. “It’sreally the way to go if you want the most

bang for your buck,” Jenkins said. Although Bakersfield Oktoberfest focuses

on the traditional beers of Germany, there ismore to the festival than an opportunity toquench your thirst. It’ll have your stomachsmiling as well. “There will be lots of tradi-tional German dishes, sausages, a pork roastdish and even a veggie burger. In addition tothe beer, there will also be wine out there. Soif you aren’t a fan of meats or beers there isstill something out there for you,” Jenkinssaid.

Additionally, organizers have brought intwo traditional bands, Anton Schnitzel andthe Merry Makers and The Raving PolkaBand. And if you are in the mood for a littlefriendly competition, attendees can alsotake part in a few games, including a safebeer chug with nonalcoholic beer as well asstein-holding and stein-carrying contests.

With Halloween just around the corner

attendees are encouraged to take advantageof newly opened costume shops and comeready to play in full traditional garb. “Wewant to see everyone out there dressed up.The guys can wear lederhosen and thewomen should be in their dirndls. That’swhat will really make the day,” said Harrer,referring to the leather shorts and sus-penders combination worn by German menand the corset and skirts worn by women.

Bakersfield Oktoberfest isn’t just about aday of beer and entertainment: Net pro-ceeds will benefit M.A.R.E. riding center.Jenkins said he and Harrer believe in itscause. “We have worked with M.A.R.E. forthe past three years and it’s a great organiza-tion,” Jenkins said. “They take mentally andphysically disabled children and put themon horses. It’s very therapeutic for them andreally helps them out quite a bit and it’s areally great cause.”

Let the lederhosen lead the way to OktoberfestBakersfield OktoberfestWhen: 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday

Where: Stramler Park, 3805 Chester

Ave.

Admission: $5, in advance; $10, day of

the event; VIP Party Packs are $35 in

advance and $40 the day of the event.

Information:bakersfieldoktoberfest.com


Cherice Hatton, featured

artist for September,

Bakersfield Mazda, 3201

Cattle Drive. 328-8000.

Roberta Jean Owen,featured artist for the month

of September, Bakersfield

Art Association Art Center,

1817 Eye St. 869-2320.

MUSIC

AcousticSandrini’s, 1918 Eye St.,

322-8900; The People’s

Band, 9 p.m. Thursday.;

Kevin Seconds and Ted Leo,

9:30 p.m. Saturday.

AlternativeFishlips Bar & Grill, 1517

18th St., 324-2557; Joey

Romley & Friends, 9 p.m.

Tuesdays.

Classic Rock Bellvedere CocktailLounge, 3090 Brundage

Lane, 325-2139; Really Big

Midgets, 9 p.m. Friday and

Saturday.

First Friday with MikeMontano, 5:30 to 8 p.m., at

19th and Eye streets.

Fishlips Bar & Grill, 1517

18th St., 324-2557; Elevation

406, 9 p.m. Friday.

Iron Horse Saloon, 1821 S.

Chester Ave., 831-1315;

Sunday Snake Oil, 9 p.m.

Friday and Saturday.

T-Bones Steakhouse,8020 District Blvd., 398-

1300; Divided Highway, 7 to

11 p.m. Friday.

Pyrenees Cafe, 601

Sumner, 323-0053; The

Usual Suspects, 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday.

CountryTrouts & the BlackboardStages, 805 N. ChesterAve., 399-6700, offers

karaoke, line dancing, West

Coast swing among other

activities. Call for times and

days.

Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310

Alfred Harrell Highway, 873-

7613; Token Okies, 7 to 11

p.m. Friday; Road Dawgs, 7

to 11 p.m. Saturday; Valley

Fever, 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St.,

322-8900; Iron Outlaws, The

Big Jugs, 9:30 p.m. Friday;

Country Club, 9 p.m.

Wednesday.

Tejon Club, 117 El Tejon

Ave., 392-1747; Crossroads,

6 to 10 p.m. Sunday.

DJRockstarz Party Bar, 7737

Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-

6749; Ladies night with live

DJ, 9 p.m. Thursdays; 9 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays. Free.

B. Ryder’s Sports Bar &Grill, 7401 White Lane, 397-

7304; 8 p.m. Thursday.

Le Corusse Rouge, 4647

White Lane, 834-1611; with

DJ Chill in the Mixx, 5 p.m.

every Friday until 2 a.m.

Saturday.

Latin/SalsaLatin Salsa Dancing, 8

p.m. Thursdays, DoubleTree

Hotel, Club Odyssey, 3100

Camino Del Rio Court. 323-

7111.

Que Pasa Mexican Cafe,2701 Ming Ave., 832-5011;

Al Garcia & the Rhythm

Kings, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.

every Thursday.

Camino Real Restaurant,3500 Truxtun Ave., 852-

0493; Son Tropical, 7 to 10

p.m. Fridays.

Tam O’Shanter, 2345 Alta

Vista, 324-6774: Salsa

dancing, 7:30 p.m. Fridays

and Saturdays.

Live Jazz & Wine Bar,featuring Jazz Connection

with Zanne Zarow and Mike

Raney, along with 24 wines,

6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday,

Imbibe Wine & Spirits

Merchant, 4140 Truxtun

Ave. 633-WINE.

Chencho’s Bar & Grill,2201 V St., 327-0190; Salsa

Sundays, with a DJ, 3 to 10

p.m., salsa lessons are

offered at 6 p.m. Sundays.

$5 after 6 p.m.

Mariachi Camino Real Restaurant,3500 Truxtun Ave., 852-

0493; Mariachi Imperial, 6

to 9 p.m. Sundays.

Oldies KC Steakhouse, 2515 F St.,

322-9910; Jimmy Gaines,

Bobby O and Mike Halls,

6:30 p.m. Thursday through

Saturday.

Old School The Bistro After Dark,5105 California Ave., 323-

3905; Old School Saturdays

with Noe G, 10 p.m. every

Saturday. Ladies free/$10

cover.

RockElevation Lounge, 818

Real Road, 325-6864;

Elevation 406, 9 p.m. Friday.

Rock remixes“Rock It Fridays,” 9 p.m.

to 1:30 a.m. every Friday,

DoubleTree Hotel, Club

Odyssey, 3100 Camino Del

Rio Court. 323-7111.

UPCOMINGEVENTS

Tuesday 10/5“Bel Mangiare,” dinner

celebration of Via Arté, with

an Italian feast of wine,

food and an auction of

Pamela Panattoni’s painting

of Via Arté, cocktails at 6:15

p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., Little

Italy, 8200 Stockdale

Highway, Suite M6. $100.

Proceeds benefit Bakersfield

Museum of Art’s education

programs. 323-7219.

Christmas Tree DesignDemonstration, 6:30 p.m.,

Log Cabin Florist, 800 19th

St. 327-8646.

Dave Alvin & The GuiltyBand, 8 p.m., Fishlips Bar &

Grill, 1517 18th St. $20 plus

fee; 21 & over only.

vallitix.com or 322-5200.

Faire in the Park, with a

farmers market, food

booths, arts and crafts,

entertainment, peddler’s

faire, children’s corner and

more, 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,

Central Park at Mill Creek,

21st and R. 325-5892.

Guitarist Daryl Shawn, 7

p.m. Tuesday, Borders, cafe,

4980 Stockdale Highway.

328-9800.

Kern Audubon Society,meeting with Garry George,

chapter network director for

Audubon California,

discussing “Kill Your Lawn!,”

7 p.m., Kern County

Superintendent of Schools,

1300 17th St. 587-6323.

Tommy Hays, and the

Western Swingsters, music

at 7:30 p.m., Buck Owens

Crystal Palace, 2800 Buck

Owens Blvd.

buckowens.com; 328-7560.

Wednesday 10/6David Allan Coe, 7 p.m.,

Buck Owens Crystal

Palace, 2800 Buck Owens

Blvd. $25.50 to $35.50

plus fee. vallitix.com or

322-5200.

Farmers Market, 3 to 6

p.m., Kern County

Department of Public

Health, 1800 Mt. Vernon

Ave. 868-0328.

Film Club, with Cody

Meek, 7 p.m., Barnes &

Noble, 4001 California Ave.

631-2575.

First Wednesday, special

events and refreshments,

9:30 to 11 a.m., Bakersfield

Museum of Art, 1930 R St.

$4 nonmembers. 323-7219.

Songwriters’ Showcase,hosted by Chuck Seaton

and Billy Russell, 7 p.m., The

Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall

Road. 831-1413.

“The 800-Mile Wall,”documentary, about the

United States-Mexico

border, 7 p.m. Wednesday,

CSUB, Dorothy Donohue

Hall, Room G102, 9001

Stockdale Highway. Free.

654-2191.

Thursday 10/7A Grand Affair of theHeart, presented by San

Joaquin Community

Hospital Foundation and the

Arts Council of Kern; with

dinner, silent and live

auction, and 10 hand-

crafted hearts created by

local artists, 6 to 9 p.m.,

DoubleTree Hotel, 3100

Camino Del Rio Court. $150.

869-6570.

CSUB Women’s Soccervs. Fresno State, 7 p.m.,

CSUB campus, 9001

Stockdale Highway. $4 to

$10. 654-2583.

Improv Comedy Show,with Center For Improv

Attitude group, 7 to 9 p.m.,

Rocket Shop Cafe, 2000 S.

Union Ave. $3 adults; $1 for

children under 13. 832-

4800.

Keith Sweat, 8 p.m., Fox

Theater, 2001 H St. $35 to

$55. vallitix.com or 324-

1369.

“Wine for Dummies,”learn about food and wine

parings, 6 to 8 p.m., Cafe

Med, 4809 Stockdale

Highway. $25, includes food

and wine. 834-4433.

Friday 10/8Book Signing, with author

Carol Campodonica of

“Crazy Animal Stories,”

noon to 7 p.m. Saturday,

Borders, 4980 Stockdale

Highway. 328-9800.

CSUB Legends of JazzSeries Concert, featuring

Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet,

8 p.m., CSUB, Dore Theatre,

9001 Stockdale Highway.

$15 general; $12 seniors

60+, $8 students with ID,

faculty, staff, alumni. 654-

2511.

FLICS InternationalCinema Society, presents

“Babies,” 7:30 p.m.,

Bakersfield Fox Theater,

2001 H St. $5. flics.org or

call 428-0354.

Hectic Films presents“The Grip,” featuring

independent and short

films, 8 to 10 p.m., Caffeine

Supreme, 2000 F St.

caffeinesupreme.com or

321-9097.

Highway 99 Cruise N’Show, with hundreds of

cars and trucks, AA Fuel

Dragsters, Big Foot monster

truck, 1999 Indianapolis

500 Memorial Day Classic,

treasure hunt, awards

ceremony and more, begins

7 to 10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to

5:30 p.m. Saturday,

downtown. Free.

hwy99cruise.com or 321-

3110.

Inkdiction MagazineTattoo & Body Art Expo,noon to 9 p.m. Friday and

noon to 10 p.m. Saturday,

The Dome, 2201 V St. $25

per person; $35 two-day

pass and can be purchased

at Pain Is Beauty, 1518 18th

St. kaboommagazine.com.

Eye Street

IN 3D!

THE

BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN

READERS’ CHOICE POLL

2010

1622 19th St. (Downtown Bakersfield)

Cuers: Chuck & Mary Ryall 661-747-7921

Beginners Choreographed Ballroom - Round Dance Class

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 (Enrollment Dates: Oct. 6 & Oct. 13)

Bakersfield Rounders www.bakersfieldrounders.org

Rumba, Waltz, Two Step, Cha-Cha, Foxtrot, Mambo, Bolero

Time: 10:15 - 11:45 am Spotlight Theater

$10.00 per couple CASUAL DRESS

Photographer BrendanBannon will present a lec-ture in Bakersfield onWednesday, focusing pri-marily on his work inAfrica. He also will com-plete a photo essay onBakersfield, which he willpresent during the discus-sion.

Bannon has spent thelast five years workingfrom his base in Nairobi,Kenya, covering life inAfrica for the Daily Tele-graph, The United Nationsand international charitygroups like Doctors with-out Borders and CareInternational. His images

have appeared in Timemagazine, The New YorkTimes, and The BostonGlobe, among other publi-cations. He has taughtphotography and writingto children in Romania,Uganda, Yemen andNamibia and has taughtworkshops in photogra-phy to aid workers andjournalists in Somalia andKenya.

Bannon will spend threedays in Bakersfield, pre-senting to classes and tothe public. — David M. Koeth, chairmanof the art department atBakersfield College

Photographer to presentlecture on work in Africa

When: 7 p.m.

Wednesday

Where: The Norman

Levan Center for the

Humanities at

Bakersfield College,

1801 Panorama Drive

Admission andparking: Free


Discover more about

Brendan Bannon at

www.

brendanbannon.com

Lecture and presentation byphotographer Brendan Bannon

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