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Jennifer Williams’ acrylic on wood, titled “A Life in Bakersfield,” was inspired by a photo. “This piece is definitely different than the idea I originally had when I did thesketches,” Williams said. “The cows and oil derrick in the background weren’t put in until after I laid everything out, to give her a sense of place. Where the painting goesdepends a lot on how the paint is moving, so I’ll explore that and leave the subject matter behind.” The painting is available for sale and is priced at $1,350.

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BY JENNIFER SELFCalifornian lifestyles editor

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Her dress and hairstyle sug-gest the picture was takenin the 1940s, and the smil-

ing woman is standing — a bitawkwardly — in the middle ofwhat appears to be a field ofweeds.

But beyond those visual clues,Jennifer Williams has no ideaabout the woman’s identity,where she was or what she wasdoing there.

Still, something about the pho-tograph spoke to the artist. Whatdid it say?

Bakersfield.“I thought she was interesting

because there is something just alittle off about the photo,” saidWilliams, who was selected to befeatured in Eye Gallery, The Cali-fornian’s annual series on localartists.

“She’s not standing flat. Oneshoulder is raised higher than theother one, she’s gripping theedges of her skirt, her shoes kindof blend in with the plants shewas standing in. It looked like shewas getting lifted in the air by thatshoulder. So I thought it wouldmake a cool painting. I kind ofsee her as a Bakersfield lady.”

The 2012 theme of Eye Gallery,which debuts today and will con-tinue over several weeks, is “ADay in the Life.”

Though Williams was inspiredto use as her subject a womanshe never knew, her own life cer-tainly brims with interesting pos-sibilities.

Growing up, Williams and herfamily were constantly on themove because of the itinerantnature of her father’s job with thephone company. Bakersfield isthe 15th city that Williams hascalled home in her 36 years.

“This is the longest I’ve everlived in one spot my entire life,”said Williams, who moved back tothe city 12 years ago to care forher grandfather. “I have alove/hate relationship with it. Ifeel at home in Bakersfield, but Inever felt that Bakersfield was myhome.”

Williams would like to return tothe coast someday — “I need myocean” — but until then, she

divides her time among threejobs, as an artist, substituteteacher and employee at Russo’sBooks. She feels fortunate to haveso many friends in Bakersfieldand, when she’s not painting orworking, spends her time “writ-ing terrible fiction and poetry andreading like a fiend.”

Williams shared more aboutherself, her work and her EyeGallery painting, titled “A Life inBakersfield,” during a recentinterview.

Who is the woman in thephoto?

I don’t remember if is she is anunidentified family member froma bunch of photos we were givena couple of years ago or if she isone of the old photos I collectedfrom an antiques store.

Did your painting turn outhow you had hoped?

I was really happy except (for)the grass. The blades are all thesame size. I knew it was happen-ing as I was painting it, so I wasusing different brushes. But whenI was painting, the paint wasmore opaque and got moretranslucent when it was drying. Itdoesn’t damage the painting, butI have to walk away from itbecause otherwise I’d always benitpicking. It was a real challengeto walk away from it. I was anadult before I was able to do that.

The weirdest interpretationof a piece of your work you’veheard:

It wasn’t actually my piece.

When I was in junior college, oneof my classmates had done apainting and it was really kind ofa muddy, not well-thought-outpainting. It looked like time wasrunning out, and so he stuck anathletic sock on it, trying to makeit interesting. Someone pointedthat out during the class critique,so to save face in front of theinstructor, he went on this 30-minute rant trying to explain thepainting.

So, to this day, if I don’t like apainting, I’ll tell my friend it’s atotal sock. Sometimes a sock isjust a sock.

Does Bakersfield supportthe arts?

I think Bakersfield is doing amuch better job noticeably everyyear, but I think it’s more peopleinvolved in the arts getting moreinvolved in Bakersfield than theother way around.

It’s easy for anyone in Bakers-field to show their work publicly. Ithink First Friday is awesome forlocal artists and not enough ofthem are taking advantage of it.It’s been happening every Fridayfor a couple of years now and wehave to support it because thatkind of thing doesn’t tend to stickaround this town. I wish moreartists would go and set up tablesor go down there and draw andsketch and stuff. It’s a cool eventbut it could be so much moreawesome.

How do you arrive at a pricefor your artwork?

Materials, time that went in tomaking it and what you want tobe reimbursed for that work, thesize, where it’s going to be shown.In Bakersfield, most artists can’tsell their work for what it’s worth.The people who can spendmoney on art are spending it onbig-name artists because it’s aninvestment.

How hard would it be tobecome a full-time artist:

I’d love to make a living off myart, but the time and money itwould take to get that started, Ijust don’t have the money.

We were pretty poor growingup. Not food stamps poor, but wecould have had them. There weredays when we had peanut butterand crackers to eat. So for me tospend money on myself is hard if

I can’t see an immediate benefitfrom it. If I’m going to spend $30to $40 to enter a contest, I needto have a good chance of winningbecause that’s a lot of money forme to blow.

Do you remember the firstpiece of art you sold?

My middle-school teacherbought a drawing I did in class togive to some friends. It was a stilllife of a ram’s skull, and she hadgotten that skull from the friendsshe intended to give the drawingto. My mom and I made a copy ofthe $10 check she made me and Iframed it. I was very excited.

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The woman in the photoCaptivated by image,Eye Gallery artistuses it for painting

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About Eye GalleryEvery year, The Californian

and the Bakersfield Museum

of Art ask several local artists

to create original works for

Eye Gallery, a series that

appears in the paper over the

course of several weeks. The

idea is to give our readers a

glimpse of the amazing work

being produced by the many

talented artists in Kern Coun-

ty. We gave this year’s partic-

ipants a theme — “A Day in

the Life” — and several

weeks to complete their

work. After all the art has

been featured in The Californ-

ian, a reception will take

place at the museum on June

14, and everyone is invited to

come out and meet the

artists and appreciate in per-

son the art’s power, richness

and scale. All the works are

available for purchase.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNIFER WILLIAMS

The photograph that inspiredJennifer Williams' Eye Gallerypainting. “Mostly her posespoke to me. This had been sit-ting in my sketch book for afew months.”


Jennifer Williams, a featured artist in Eye Gallery 2012. “Artwise, Igo by Jennifer Dingbat Williams to avoid being confused withanother local artist who is also named Jennifer Williams. I getDingbat from my mother, who gave me the nickname when I was akid. It is a nickname unlikely to be used by anybody, so it works asa unique identifier!”

Coming SaturdayGet inside the head of Eye

Gallery artist Samantha Gar-

rett

“There are definitely factions in the art community. Bakersfield is cliquish like that. But I think the art communityhas been really working hard to overcome that. I see a lot of partnership, especially with First Friday.”

— Jennifer Williams


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BY MATT MUNOZCalifornian staff writer

[email protected]

It’s a year of transition for the venera-ble Bakersfield Jazz Festival, and iffirst-time talent booker Paul Perezwanted to prove he knows what he’sdoing, mission accomplished. The

Bakersfield sax man has pulled in some ofthe biggest names in jazz today, assem-bling the strongest lineup the two-daymusic festival has seen in years.

Try these names on for size: • Alto-saxophonist Maceo Parker, who

began his legendary career with JamesBrown’s band. He’s simply one of the mostinfluential musicians working today.

• Silky saxophonist Richard Elliot, whohelped popularize the contemporarysmooth jazz craze of the 1990s.

• Veteran drummer Alphonse Mouzon, afavorite of nearly every heavy hitter in pop-ular music.

• Accomplished Cuban percussionistMelena, who puts on a dazzling high-ener-gy show in the vein of fellow drumminglive wire Shelia E.

Landing the crowd-pleasing acts was anundeniable coup for Perez, who has him-self played the jazz festival for years. Heassumed the responsibility of seeking outtalent after Doug Davis, who has organizedthe event since its inception 26 years ago,announced that this would be his last festi-val.

“For me, Friday night has always beenmore of a party night. Bearing that inmind, the first person who popped into mymind was Maceo. He stands for party.Doug (Davis) had been trying for years toget him, so for me on my first time outbooking the jazz festival, I’m really thrilledout of my mind. I think it’s perfect for Bak-ersfield, and doesn’t get any better thanthat.”

Friday: Steve Cole, R&B Bombers,Maceo Parker

Friday’s traditionally upbeat party-themed kick-off features saxophonist SteveCole, one of the top acts in smooth jazz. Inaddition to his own best-selling albums,Cole has recorded and toured alongsideartists like guitarist Boz Skaggs and LarryCarlton and trumpeter Rick Braun. His lat-est CD, “Moonlight,” is a collection of clas-sic pop songs and standards.

Following Cole is the horn-heavy soundof Santa Barbara fixture R&B Bombers,who pride themselves on blending classicAmerican music styles with the grit of aNew Orleans speakeasy. It’s an approachthat requires teamwork when it comes tocomposing effective compositions tomatch the group’s fat nine-piece sound,baritone saxophonist Dave Tolegian said.

“We usually let our lead singer write up

the vocals into a bare-bones arrangement,before handing it over to the rhythm sec-tion. Then our keyboard player will arrangethe horn parts until they fit together. Thehorn arranging is one of the morepainstaking things to do for our group, andwe won’t play anything until it’s just likewe want it,” said Tolegian, a member of theband since it formed nearly 30 years ago.“We’re a little different than a three-chordhorn band.”

The band’s latest release, “Bad Behav-ior,” has all the ingredients of a house-party shaker. The CD contains originaltunes from the band, penned mostly bylead singer and harmonica player Joe Wil-son, who inspired the title.

“He’s always singing about some kind oftrouble,” Tolegian said. “He loses the girl orshe wants to hurt him back; now I’m downand out, but I’ve got this money in mypocket. Do I spend it on the rent or one ofmy vices? There’s no fun in happy blues,right?”

Headliner Maceo Parker has becomeone of the most influential and easily iden-tified musicians of his generation sinceleaving his North Carolina home in 1964 tojoin the James Brown band. For the nextdecade he would become one of the defin-ing elements in the Brown horn arsenal,along with saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis andtrombonist Fred Wesley.

Parker played on several classics withthe Godfather of Soul but is most associat-ed with “I Got You (I Feel Good),” whichfeatures a screaming Parker solo. Followinghis departure from the group, he foundsuccess as a member of George Clinton’sParliament-Funkadelic and Booty’s Rub-ber Band. Most recently, the funk icon, 69,has toured with Prince.

Perez said there’s no way to fullydescribe Parker’s influence on popularmusic.

“If you play funk music at all, fromTower of Power to Kool & The Gang andbeyond, there’s no way to get around hisinfluence. Unless you were born some-where so isolated from humanity, there’sno way you could not be influenced. Themoment you get funky, it’s Maceo. Everyband has to tip their hat to his playing.”

Best jazz festivallineup in years Legends mix with excitingup-and-comers at CSUB

Bakersfield Jazz FestivalWhen: 7 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday

Where: CSUB Amphitheater, 9001

Stockdale Highway

Admission: $55 for two-day combo

tickets; $35 students; $32, $23 in

advance for Friday only, $36 and $27 at

the gate; $35 and $25 in advance for

Saturday only, $40 and $30 at the

gate. Children under 12 free on both

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Tickets available through Vallitix.com

or call 322-5200

PHOTO COURTESY OF MACEO PARKER

Maceo Parker, who played with legendary funkmeister James Brown, among otherheavy hitters, headlines Friday night’s lineup at the Bakersfield Jazz Festival.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MELENA

Percussionist Melena’s thrilling showincorporates Latin dance moves.

PHOTO COURTESY OF RICHARD ELLIOT

Saxophonist Richard Elliot helped popu-larize the smooth jazz boom of the ’90s.

Please see JAZZ / 32

BY SUSAN SCAFFIDIContributing writer

It looks like it will take a small armyto replace Bakersfield Jazz Festivaldirector Doug Davis, and with this

year’s festival, Davis has alreadybegun the change of command.

Since the festival’s inception 26years ago, Davis has been responsiblefor just about everything — bookingthe performers, securing sponsors,recruiting student performers andscholarship winners, working withCal State, publicity and a host of otheractivities, including performing him-self. That’s a lot of responsibility vest-ed in one person, especially onewho’s begun the university’s retire-ment process.

“I think the festival, no matter whathappens, has a life of its own,” saidDavis, who took a sabbatical from theuniversity last year, using at least partof the time to create materials to helpfuture organizers of the festival.

“They have templates for many ofthe items that must happen at thefestival,” he said.

Many of the big tasks were handedover to various individuals alreadylong associated with the festival: sax-ophonist Paul Perez handled thebookings this year, and Cal Statemusic professor Joel Haney has beenheavily involved in the recruiting ofscholarship winners and coordinatingwith the university.

“(Paul Perez) really devoted himselfand really pulled together a fantasticshow,” Davis said.

Haney will be doing many of thescholarship presentations this year toget some on-the-job training, as wellas work on recruiting high school stu-dents to participate in the festival andultimately enroll at Cal State.

“Scholarships are the bottom lineof the festival,” Davis said. “It seemslike a fantastic party, but there’s prob-ably about $30,000 associated withthe festival that goes to scholarships.”

Students from many disciplinesbenefit from that money, and themusic department is able to give highschool honor band students at leastsome money to encourage them toenroll at Cal State and participate ininstrumental ensembles there, even ifthey’re not going to be music majors.

“A lot of people spend a lot of timeperforming in band, and if we canhelp keep them performing, we’regoing to do that,” Davis said.

Perhaps more difficult than replac-ing Davis will be replacing his wife,Adele, who is the unsung hero of thefestival. Adele Davis recruits andcoordinates some 300 volunteerseach year to manage the two-day fes-tival, including crews for set-up,cleanup, security, tickets and any-thing else that needs doing.

“The beautiful thing is, she’s got all

the templates for that,” said Davis,who acknowledged no one is imme-diately available to take Adele’s place.

“We need that next generation forthe festival to continue,” Davis said.

But the man behind what hasbecome a wildly successful event inBakersfield’s social calendar is san-guine about finding that next genera-tion, probably because he has alreadyreceived so much help over the years.Among the legion of supporters, hecredits Cal State’s Sue Wallace for tak-ing on vendor relations some 15 yearsago, and railroad engineer Mike Ram-sey, who began overseeing a lot of theconstruction and set-up for the festi-val at about the same time. Graphicdesigner Mark Ramsey (no relation toMike) has become essential to publi-cizing the festival, providing posters,ads and related work. And Jill AdamsKlein is in charge of festival decora-tions and coordinating the artisans’tents.

“We got help because people sawme trying to do it and they said, ‘Doyou need help?’” said Davis, whoreserves special praise for AdvanceBeverage, his first and, for a time, onlycorporate sponsor and still a commit-ted supporter.

Meanwhile, Davis said he will takea break over the summer and fallquarter, which will afford him time tocompose.

“I’m going to decompress withAdele,” he said.

But he’ll be back winter quarter toteach some upper division musiccourses and will no doubt be aroundthe festival in some way.

“I’m sure if I’m not at the center,I’m at the periphery,” Davis said. “I’mnot disappearing; that’s not in theplan yet.”


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PHOTO COURTESY OF DOUG DAVIS

Doug Davis and his wife, Adele. Davis is director of the Cal State Bakers-field jazz program and organizer of the Bakersfield Jazz Festival.

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Saxophonist Paul Perez handled thebookings this year for the Bakers-field Jazz Festival.

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Organist Bob Salisbury has apersonal connection tothe composer of the music

he’ll play to accompany thisevening’s showing of the silentmovie “Wings” at First Presbyteri-an Church.

“I will be using the score ofGaylord Carter with some of myown music in the flying fightscenes,” Salisbury said in anemail message. “Mr. Carter (was)my friend and instructor for 40years.”

Salisbury went on to say thatCarter played for the showing ofthe original 1927 film “Wings,”which won the first Oscar for bestpicture at the Academy Awardsceremony held at the HollywoodRoosevelt Hotel.

The story about two World WarI fighter pilots in love with thesame girl starred Clara Bow,Richard Arlen, Charles “Buddy”Rogers and offered a glimpse of aGary Cooper at the very begin-ning of his career. A notable fea-ture was the actual war scenesthe director, William A. Wellman,included in the movie.

Carter, who died in San Pedroin 2000 at age 95, was about 22when he played the accompani-ment for “Wings” and had a suc-cessful career as a musician andcomposer. In the silent film era,theater organists received films inadvance with “thematic cuesheets” suggesting the type ofmusic or sound effects for certainscenes, according to an obituaryin the Los Angeles Times writtenshortly after Carter’s death.

“The first time through, I'dhave to wing it,” Carter is quotedas saying. “But if there was abugle call or a steamboat whistle,at least I'd know it was coming."

Salisbury, now in his late 60s,was born in Santa Monica andstarted taking lessons from Carterwhen he was 12. Two years laterSalisbury and his family moved toCatalina Island where he playedthe organ at several venues,including the Avalon Theater, a

restaurant andthreechurches.

In 1964hereturned

to the LosAngeles

area and

played at a nightclub for nineyears. He later worked forPrincess Cruise Lines as a pianist.

Currently, he is organist at aCongregational Church in PalmSprings. Salisbury is affiliatedwith Robert Tall and Associates,the company that designed andinstalled the organ at First Pres-byterian in Bakersfield.

Body percussionistsin Tehachapi

Musicians Evie Ladin and KeithTerry, a husband-and-wife teamwho incorporate clogging, buckdancing and body percussion intheir performances of traditionalAmerican music, will give a con-cert Friday in Tehachapi followedby two workshops on Saturdaymorning.

“This duo from the San Fran-cisco Bay Area are in demand asteachers as well as performers,”said Debby Hand, owner of Fid-dlers Crossing, where the concertwill take place.

Ladin sings the lead vocals onher original songs and plays anold-time-style claw hammerbanjo. Hand said Terry provides“all manner of surprising backup,from his bass fiddle to hisastounding repertoire of bodypercussion.”

The couple will offer a work-shops on clogging and buckdancing at 10 a.m. Saturday, fol-lowed an hour later by a one-on-

body percussion.

Gardening for kidsFew things say “I love you” bet-

ter than a gift made by the giver,and on Saturday morning atBeale Memorial Library, childrenwill have the opportunity to makesomething special for their moth-ers.

A free program for children age6 and older, it combines storiesand poems about gardeningalong with a chance to sift a littledirt.

To begin, kids who attend willlisten to a poem and a storyabout gardening and learn somefacts about plant life inside thechildren’s room at the library.

Then they’ll go outside to theatrium to fill a decorated pot withgardening soil and a plant to giveaway for Mother’s Day.

All materials will be providedby the Bakersfield Green ThumbGarden Club.

Andrea Apple, public serviceslibrarian, said space is limited.Tickets will be available at thechildren’s room desk on a first-come-first-served basis, startingone hour before the event.

Fresno author to speakLarry Hill, a writer and visual

artist who lives in Fresno, will talkabout writing and read excerptsfrom his latest novel, “Streak Hit-ter,” on Saturday at The Foundry.

Local author Nick Belardes,host of the Random Writers Read-ing Series, said the event will beof interest to painters, readers,lovers of baseball and aspiringwriters.

“Hill is one of the Central Val-ley’s hidden gems,” Belardes said.“A painter, he is also a solidwriter, with a deep grit to hisprose, almost Southern in style,the way he weaves imagery oflandscapes and the peoples whoinhabit them.”

The program also will featureJane Hawley, Mary Morton andBelardes of the Random WritersWorkshop, as well as the poetry ofJorge Guillen, and several duetsfrom Landen Belardes and LynsieMcRoberts.

Hill, 79, is currently working on“Rose Capital of the World,” a col-lection of his latest stories, and asecond novel, “Saving Dillinger.”Another of his collections, “Saroy-an’s Bookie,” published in 2008,was shortlisted for the WilliamSaroyan International Prize forFiction.

Silent film, but it won’t be quiet‘Wings’ What: Silent movie with

organist Bob Salisbury

When: 6 p.m. today

Where: First Presbyterian

Church, 17th and H streets

Admission: Free

Information: 325-9419

‘Dance to the Music’Concert: 7 p.m. Friday

Workshops: 10 and 11 a.m.

Saturday

Where: Fiddlers Crossing,

206 E. F St., Tehachapi

Admission: $20 for concert;

$10 for each workshop


Children’s GardeningWorkshopWhen: 11 a.m. Saturday

Where: Beale Memorial

Library, 701 Truxtun Ave.

Admission: Free


Random Writers Workshop ReadingSeries Presents Larry Hill When: 2 p.m. Saturday

Where: The Foundry, 1602

20th St.

Admission: $5


Camille Gavin CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

GO & DO

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

her via e-mail at [email protected]

Organist to performwith 1927 classic

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBBY HAND

Body percussionist Keith Terry and musician-clog dancer Evie Ladin during a performance.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NICK BELARDES

Larry Hill is author of “Streak Hitter.”


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The Bakersfield Symphony closesits 80th season with an all-orchestra concert Saturday

evening, challenging the musicianswith compositions that were land-mark works in their day.

The orchestra will take its first stabever at Howard Hanson’s SymphonyNo. 2 (the “Romantic”), one of thegreat works of the 20th century and astandard of the American repertoire.Also on the program is Americancomposer Charles Griffes’ sketch“The White Peacock,” Franz Liszt’ssymphonic poem “Les Preludes,” andthe Overture to “The Bartered Bride,”by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana.

Howard Hanson was born in 1896in Nebraska to Swedish-immigrantparents. First learning music at homefrom his mother, he had a successfulacademic career at Luther College,the Institute of Musical Art andNorthwest University. By the time hewas 30 years old, Hanson had beenawarded the first American Prix deRome in Music for one of his compo-sitions, was a successful music educa-tor and had been appointed directorof the recently founded EastmanSchool of Music in Rochester, N.Y., aposition he held for 40 years.

During his tenure there, Hansonnot only continued composing, butchampioned other American com-

posers, commissioning and premier-ing an estimated 2000 works duringhis tenure, while also setting the stan-dard for music education at the con-servatory.

Written in 1930, Hanson’s secondsymphony remains one of his mostpopular works, and at the time of itspremiere, presented a dramatic con-trast to the works of Igor Stravinskyand Arnold Schoenberg at the time.

“It’s one of the iconic works of theAmerica repertoire,” conductor JohnFarrer said of the Hanson symphony.“It’s a gorgeous work; to me it’s oneof the quintessential Americanworks.”

Despite dying at the age of 35, fel-low-American and contemporaryCharles Griffes remains the mostfamous American composer in theImpressionist school. Like otherImpressionist composers such asDebussy and Ravel, Griffes wasenchanted with what were then“exotic” musical ideas, especiallyfrom the Middle East and Far East.“The White Peacock,” is one of hismost famous works.

“It’s a work filled with color,” Farrersaid. “It’s a beautifully original work,

just one-of-a-kind,” Farrer said.Hungarian-born composer Franz

Liszt’s “Les Preludes” was also anoriginal at the time of its completionin 1856. One of the earliest examplesof the symphonic poem, “Les Prel-udes” is considered by many to be thefirst work so named: a symphonicpoem is a single-movement work fororchestra that has a “program” to it —either it depicts a story or a poem, or,in the case of “Les Preludes,”attempts to create a mood, or feeling.

“Everybody will know the musicwhen they hear it,” Farrer said. “It’s sowell known we forget how original itis, how well-written, how well-orches-trated it is.”

Bedrich Smetana is credited withestablishing a national opera tradi-tion for the Czech people, known asBohemians in his time. Premiered in1866, “The Bartered Bride” sung inCzech and musically based onBohemian dance forms and folkmelodies, eventually became aninternational favorite.

Farrer said he is very proud of thisseason, and noted some of the dra-matic highlights, including spectacu-lar performances by Van Cliburnpiano competition co-winnerNobuyuki Tsujii, violinist Axel Straussand soprano Sophie Wingland. Healso credited the orchestra for a jobwell done.

“The orchestra has reached thepoint where it doesn’t allow itself toplay below a certain level,” Farrersaid. “And that’s a great source of joyand satisfaction for me.”

Musical challenges in store Symphony ends season onhigh note creatively


As satisfied as it is with themusic of this past season, theBakersfield Symphony Orches-

tra organization thinks it’s safe to bejust as satisfied with its finances forthe year.

“We’re holding our own,” saidinterim development directorMichael Chertok. “I would say it lookslike we will complete the year in theblack.”

Chertok said the BSO must waituntil the close of its fiscal year onJune 30 to be sure of its financial posi-tion, and also for the outcome of theSymphony Gala on May 18, an eventhe called a “contributing factor.”

“We have about 500 tickets alreadysold,” Chertok said. “There are about100 left.”

Chertok said the gala, whichdebuted last year, has replaced twolong-standing events that had lostpublic appeal and volunteers: theannual ball and the fashion show.

“After a few years people kind oflose interest, the audience changes,the venue changes,” Chertok said,noting that the gala has attracted thetraditional donor base while adding

new donors.Chertok said this year’s gala will

feature the full orchestra performing,as well as an “opportunity drawing,”and that’s all, allowing guests to enjoythe social event.

While the fortunes of the BSO havebeen positive this year, the organiza-tion did experience one setback —the short tenure of the new develop-ment director, Renee Goodwin, whojoined the orchestra in the fall and leftat the end of March. Goodwin hadbeen hired by the BSO with the pur-pose of expanding the orchestra’saudience using social media and othercontemporary marketing techniquesto reach a younger demographic.

“(Renee) returned to her previousemployment in school construction,”Chertok said.

BSO manager Oneida Rodenburgcould not comment on the circum-

stances regarding Goodwin’s tenureor departure, other than to say thatGoodwin “had gotten started” reach-ing out to potential new audiences.

“We received her resignation March9th, effective March 31st,” Rodenburgresponded via email. “We were sorryto see her go and will miss her verymuch.”

Chertok said he returned on aninterim basis because fiscal deadlineswere approaching and said he willstay until the “right person” is found.

Despite that setback, it appears theBSO has high hopes for the next sea-son. The orchestra will again performa patriotic-themed concert in Sep-tember, this time as part of the city’sconcert season at the Bright HouseNetworks Amphitheatre. Rodenburgsaid the orchestra is still looking foradditional sponsors to cover the costof that event.

In addition, Rodenburg said theBSO has added to its 2012-13 seasonwith guest performers at each con-cert, a multimedia presentation toaccompany the performance of FerdeGrofe’s “Grand Canyon Suite,” at oneconcert, and hopes to bring back con-certs that were eliminated in recentyears.

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It’s been two weeks, but Mau-reen Recalde can barely main-tain her composure.

The Tehachapi resident andreigning regional champ in theVoice of McDonald’s nationalsinging competition has justreturned home from the finals inOrlando, Fla., where she joined 15other winners from the U.S.,Canada, South America, Europeand APMEA (Asia/Pacific/MiddleEast) for a shot at the title.

Though Recalde didn’t win thecompetition, she met some of thebiggest names in the musicindustry and said the experiencechanged her life.

“I got to meet some amazingpeople who taught me incrediblethings about music, singing andlife. We had schedules that weremade for us each and every day.We’d meet every morning brightand early, and start our dailyrehearsals. The rehearsals werelong, but not tough at all.”

Before taking the stage in frontof judges and a crowd of 17,000,Recalde said she and the othercontestants were given individualattention and instruction to helpthem polish on their techniqueand performance. Judging thefinal competition was a panel of

entertainmentheavyweights,including Gram-my Award-win-ning R&B singerToni Braxton,

Dream-WorksCEO Jef-

frey Katzenberg, music producersRon Fair and David Foster, andentertainment attorney KenHertz.

“The coaches taught me somuch about myself as a singerand performer. I sang the song ‘AtLast’ by Etta James, and thecoaches helped me portray theright message and connect to myaudience. I felt so alive on thestage. I wasn’t nervous at all. I feltright at home.”

Beyond the competition,Recalde said the highlight was aprivate concert that included per-formances by Kelly Clarkson,Ruben Studdard, Keith Urban,David Foster, Enrique Iglesias andSeal, who got up close and per-sonal with Recalde.

“He started singing my favorite

song, ‘Kiss from a Rose’ and —lucky me — I was in the front rowat the private concert. He saw mejamming and brought me up onstage. He sang the song to me,and for some reason I couldn’tstop shaking. There’s even aYouTube video of it. Definitelyone of the coolest moments inmy life so far. Kelly Clarkson wassuper-chill, too.”

The final four contestants wereChrislyn Hamilton of Australia,Stephanie Savage of Canada,Dyscem Mueldener of Germanyand Lyam Soto of Puerto Rico.Hamilton took home top honors.

In the end, Recalde earned thetitle of top U.S. entry out of threenational finalists. She walkedaway with a $3,000 cash prize, a$1,000 donation in her name tothe Bakersfield Ronald McDonaldHouse, an iPod Touch, a pair ofBeats by Dre and a trip toNashville, Tenn.

“Even if I didn’t place at all, Iwould still feel like a winner. All ofthe support and love has beenoverwhelmingly amazing.McDonald’s treated us in themost amazing way possiblethrough this incredible journey.”

Bakersfield can catch Recaldeonstage when she performs forthe Ronald McDonald HouseCharities Walk for Kids on June 2at C.A.L.M.

Recalde has a message forthose who voted for her onlineduring the first phase of the com-petition.

“I wouldn’t have made it with-out you. I hope I representedKern County, California, and theUnited States in the best way pos-sible. There will never be a daythat I won’t sing or hum a tune.Whether it’s singing while wrap-

ping burgers or taking an order,or getting a standing ovationfrom 17,000 people, I’m lovin’ it.”

Burning Image lights upOne of Bakersfield’s pioneering

alternative bands from the ’80smakes its long-awaited return tothe stage for a rare show duringSaturday’s Heresy club night atRiley’s Backstage. It marks thefirst official show from the veter-an goth rockers in over a year,after two shows in Los Angelesand San Francisco.

The story of Burning Imagebegins in 1982, at the dawn of

Bakersfield’s downtown punkand alternative rock scene. Leadguitarist and co-founder MoeAdame recalls the period as a tur-bulent but exciting time to bearound his friends and band-mates: guitarist Joe Sparks,bassist Tony Bonanno and drum-mer Paul Burch.

“They didn’t know what tomake of us,” he said. “Everythingwas new, especially with theintroduction of the punk scene intown,” Adame said. “Peoplearound here were just gettingused to bands like The Clash. Bythe time the Los Angeles soundshad reached Bakersfield, it justexploded with the kids.”

The shock factor has alwaysbeen an important element in therebellious spirit of punk rock, andfor Burning Image, the idea ofcausing a stir would be taken toanother level. Inspired by Britishbands like Siouxsie and the Ban-shees, Killing Joke and The Cure,Burning Image coined a soundthat was a combination of thoseinfluences. Sporting ghoulish

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Pop singer Seal, who performed during the Voice of McDonald’scompetition, poses with Maureen Recalde.PHOTO COURTESY OF MAUREEN RECALDE

Tehachapi singer MaureenRecalde performs during theVoice of McDonald’s globalfinals in Orlando, Fla.


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BY MATT MUNOZCalifornian staff writer

[email protected]

Firefall guitarist Jock Bartleyhas always trusted hisinstincts when it comes to

rockin’ out.But at his first recording ses-

sion, on a particularly balmyFlorida night in 1975, he neveranticipated getting a secondopinion from his idol, Eric Clap-ton. Unbeknownst to Bartley,Clapton was in the control booth,observing his every lick.

“Here we are with the big boysand no one had ever even heardof us. Down the hall is StephenStills, the Bee Gees,” said Bartleyduring a recent telephone con-versation to promote Firefall’sshow this week in Bakersfield.

“So, I’m warming up for one ofthe main songs I get to burn on,‘Mexico.’ I started playing, thesolo’s going well. I ended up play-ing a one-take solo. I told the pro-ducer I really didn’t feel it andlet’s do it again. The producersaid, ‘No, come on into thebooth.’ I was kinda ticked off andwhen I walked in, there sitting,having listened to me play, wasmy hero, Eric Clapton. I justcrumbled. He stood up and said,‘Keen playing, man,’ and hewalked out. Oh my God, to play aone-take solo where I was burn-ing and to have that happenwhen your hero is sitting therelistening. It’s been a really fortu-nate ride for me, personally andfor Firefall. There have been a lotof those moments.”

Formed in Boulder, Colo., Fire-fall emerged from the burgeoning

mountain music scene, saturat-ing radio with hits like “You Arethe Woman,” “Cinderella,” “Mexi-co” and “Just Remember I LoveYou.”

“People were calling it the ‘Col-orado sound,’ but really it was theLos Angeles sound of people liv-ing in Boulder,” Bartley said.“There was a time before we weresigned in ’73, when guys likeStephen Stills and Dan Fogelbergwould come down from theirmountain getaways and sit inwith us. It was just cool,” Bartleyrecalled.

Bartley and co-founder RickRoberts, formerly of the FlyingBurrito Brothers, met throughcountry rock pioneer Gram Par-sons. Impressed with each other’splaying, the duo began practicingtogether and decided to form aband that would also featurebassist and vocalist Mark Andes(a founding member of theacclaimed prog rock band Spirit.)After adding singer-songwriter/guitarist Larry Burnett to the line-up, along with former Byrdsdrummer Michael Clark, theydubbed themselves Firefall.

A year after their formation andthe recording of their first demo,they were signed to AtlanticRecords.

“Our first day, it was very magi-cal,” Bartley said. “We had 30

original songs to work out. It wasjust great and all of our firstrecord was ready to work out.When you put us together on ouroriginal songs, we sound like our-selves without even trying.

“Our sound was the synergy ofwhat the guys in the band played.There are a lot of bands who havegreat songs, but can’t figure outhow to sound. We always sound-ed like Firefall.”

And there couldn’t be a morefortuitous showcase for the newband than as the opening act forFleetwood Mac, on tour in 1977to support “Rumours,” whichwould become one of the best-

selling albums in history. Firefallgot another key slot performingon The Band’s farewell tour, justbefore the filming of MartinScorsese’s iconic concert film,“The Last Waltz.”

“Playing to crowds of 60,000 to100,000 people, five to six days aweek is impossible to describe.”

But two years of grinding outlive shows and pressure from therecord company to churn outmore hits took its toll. Most of theoriginal band members haddeparted over time, leaving Bart-ley to carry on with a series ofrevolving musicians until hefound the current lineup: Bill

Hopkins, bass; Steven Weinmeis-ter, guitar; Sandy Ficca, drums;and David Muse, sax, flute, andkeys. They’ve remained solid for20 years without a break.

Content with being a musicalsource of nostalgia for fans, Bart-ley has no qualms about the past,adding there’s never been a goodenough reason for him to hang itup.

“I think I was always destinedto be in Firefall and have my gui-tar playing prominently in oursongs, just as it happened. AndI’ve always known we were alucky band to have that type ofsuccess.”

Lawn chair, a cool one and Firefall ’70s hit-makers promiserelaxed show under stars

FirefallWhen: 8 p.m. Saturday

Where: Bright House Net-

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Stockdale Highway

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BY CAMILLE GAVINContributing writer

[email protected]

Moira Smiley and VOCO, a groupknown for its unique blend ofvoices and instrumentation, will

visit schools and present three concerts inKern County Sunday through Tuesday.

Their first performance is a house con-cert on Sunday, hosted by Lynne and BruceJoseph. Attendees will be given the addressof the venue by contacting the Arts Counciloffice when making reservations.

This is the second year Smiley’s ensem-ble, which includes cellist April Guthrie,has toured here as part of the Arts Coun-cil’s Musicians’ Outreach Project.

As she did previously, Smiley will leadworkshops for students at several highschools in the county, said Jill Egland of theArts Council.

“Moira Smiley is a very gracious andaccessible, and the students wereentranced,” said Egland, recalling theensemble’s 2011 visit. “She does vocaliza-tions from different cultures.”

Egland explained that Smiley haslearned to use her voice in ways that imi-tate the sounds of native singers in othercountries or regions. For example, for East-ern European singers, she emits a deep,

heavy sound; for Asian, a kind of pinchedsound; and for the Irish, her voice is veryfluid.

“She tells students to close their eyesand imagine the region she is singingabout,” Egland said. “One student at EastHigh told me, ‘I could hear the wholeworld in her voice.’ That brought tears tomy eyes.”

In addition to being a vocalist, composerand arranger, Smiley plays the banjo andaccordion, and also employs body percus-sion in her performances.

A native of Vermont, she attended theIndiana University School of Music, whereshe received a degree in early music vocalperformance. She now is based in LosAngeles.

On Monday, Smiley and VOCO will visitschools in Delano and then travel toKernville for a concert that evening at a

place to be announced. Tickets are $15 andreservations can be made by calling 760-549-3697.

On Tuesday, they will be in Ridgecrestfor more school presentations and a finalevening performance in the gallery of theMaturango Museum, 100 E. Las Flores Ave.Tickets are $15 and available at the muse-um gift shop. Call 760-375-6900.

Now in its third year, the Musician’s Out-reach Project is dedicated to featuringartists who excel in educational settings atschools throughout Kern County, Eglandsaid.

The program is an extension of the ArtsCouncil's House Concert Series, and issponsored in part by grants from corpora-tions as well as individual donors, whichserve as matching funds for schools thatwould otherwise not be able to afford thistype of program.

Moira Smiley: ‘The whole world in her voice’Moira Smiley & VOCO When: 4 p.m. Sunday

Where: House concert — call for loca-

tion

Admission: $22; $20 Arts Council

members; $10 students


PHOTO COURTESY OF FIREFALL

Pop rockers Firefall will perform at Bright House Networks Amphitheatre on Saturday.

BY ASHLEY FISCHERContributing writer

If you love Harry Potter, chancesare you’ve dreamed of samplingButterbeer, The Three Broom-

stick’s most famous brew. Maybeyou’ve even suffered some ill-fatedattempts in the kitchen trying to cre-ate it yourself.

Fortunately, Fresno author GinaMeyers is a bit moreof a wizard in thekitchen than most.

The creative cookhas self-publishedseveral “uniquelythemed” cookbooks,including “Muggles toMagic: The UnofficialHarry Potter Cook-

book,” which will be featured duringa book signing Saturday at Barnes &Noble, where Meyers will demon-strate different ways to prepareHarry’s favorite frothy beverage in herButterbeer 101 demonstration.

Meyers also has a book for readerswho have dreamed of munching on aplate of mushroom ravioli while gaz-ing into the eyes of their undead truelove: “Love at First Bite: The UnofficialTwilight Cookbook.”

“My ‘Twilight’ cookbook is reallywhat started the ball rolling as far asmy notoriety goes,” Meyers said. “Ihad never read the books before, butmy friend invited me to a movie pre-miere in 2008, and I just was floored.

I immediately went home andgrabbed my teenage stepdaughter’sbooks from her room, and everythingjust sort of took off from there.”

In “Love at First Bite” as well as“Muggles to Magic” (which is, todate, Meyers’ best-seller), readers willfind recipes for dishes lifted directlyfrom the pages of the novels thatinspired them, such as cauldroncakes and chicken enchiladas(diehard Twi-hards know their signifi-cance).

And then there are recipes simplyinspired by the books, like pumpkinfudge and Charlie’s catch of the day

crab cakes.“It just seemed so natural to me to

write these books,” Meyers said.“Because food plays such an impor-tant role in both of these series.”

The majority of the dishes seem fla-vorful yet familiar, the recipes passedon to Meyers by members of her Sicil-ian family, or created by the authorherself for the many cooking classesshe continues to teach today.

Some are a mixture of the store-bought and the homemade, but all ofthem, according to Meyers, are easyenough for even novice cooks to pre-pare.

“By incorporating popular culturewith cooking, I hope to bring peopleof all ages back into the kitchen,” shesaid. “I want to encourage oldercooks to try new things, and I inten-tionally made the recipes simple sothat I can maybe introduce newcooks to the world of the culinaryarts.”

Though Meyers’ book sales don’tpay all the bills, she said betweenteaching her cooking classes, writingand running her own publishingcompany, she has managed to createa life for herself doing more than afew of her favorite things.

“My life has been really magical.I’ve had these great opportunities formy passion for cooking and popularculture to translate, and it all startedout with me just baking for familyand friends. It’s just amazing to thinkabout the fact that the dreams that Ihad for my life have somehow turnedout even bigger than I once imag-ined.”


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BY MIRANDA WHITWORTHContributing writer

Fans of the Louisiana cuisine have thechance to eat their fill Saturday with-out having to travel to the Deep

South. Cajun cooking has found a home inKern County with the annual Crawfish Fes-tival at Prime Cut in northwest Bakersfield.

“Back when I was a little kid you couldgo catch crawfish at Hart Park in thecanal,” said Prime Cut president MervCrist, who has organized the festival sinceits inception 14 years ago. “I would boilthem with salt before the Cajuns taughtme how to season them properly. Theychanged the game for me.”

Crist’s enhanced crawfish boils includeplenty of fresh onion, lemon and garlic,and enough salt to make the shells crispy.He’s also liberal with the cayenne pepperand uses an array of dry seasonings toprovide a kick to the 1,000 pounds ofboiled crawfish purchased and preppedfor the event.

But if shellfish isn’t your thing, the priceof admission includes plenty of sausage,ribs and jambalaya, leaving no appetiteunsatisfied, Crist said. In addition to thebeer on tap, the crew will be serving therestaurant’s popular Bloody Marys and

Hurricanes.“We’ll have people line up to get their

food and we’ll keep throwing out the craw-fish until it’s gone. You are welcome to takeanother trip through that line and keep oneating. But people tend to get pretty full.”

For little Cajun cuties, there will bebounce houses, face painting, a crawfishpetting pond and kid-friendly food items.

Filling the bill musically will be threebands with very different styles.

Bonne Musique Zydeco is based out ofLos Angeles and has been making the tripto Bakersfield for the Crawfish Festival fora decade. Local group Foster and Friendswill bring the rhythm, funk and blues whileThe Aviators, also from Bakersfield, willperform some classic rock crowd pleasers.Crist is proud of the lineup and believesthe local bands exemplify what his event isall about.

“Foster and Friends, that band has thebest musicians around. And, for Bakers-field, that is saying a lot. The Aviators arethe nicest group of guys. They are youngand have that great energy like when TheDoors were young.”

As a man who live his life in the kitchen,Crist has nothing but respect for thosecooking away in the South, a region hisrestaurant pays homage to with popularmenu items like po’ boy sandwiches,

gumbo and etouffee.“The guys in the South cook and take

pride in it,” he said. “A lot of men here willget out and barbecue, but for guys in theSouth, they cook everything. They willnever say a woman can cook better thanthey can, even though the women are thebest and those women are usually grand-ma.

“I wish guys in California would do thesame thing.”

Just call Bakersfield the Small Easy Crawfish Festival celebratesCajun delicacies of Louisiana

14th Annual Crawfish FestivalWhen: 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday

Where: Prime Cut Meats and Eats,

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Admission: $45 in advance; $50 at

the gate; children $12 in advance or

$15 at the gate.


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Hungry diners stay out of the sun at the Crawfish Festival in 2011.


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Saturday: Mouzon, Melena,Elliot and more

The 19-piece 2012 Kern Coun-ty Honor Jazz Band takes thestage as the first act on day two,followed by Los Angeles saxo-phonist Ray Zepeda and hisquartet, featuring veteran Bakers-field musicians Glenn Fong, bass;Zanne Zarrow, drums; and 13-year-old piano phenom JamaelDana Dean.

CSUB music instructor andguitarist Jim Scully rounds outthe trio of local openers with hisnew group, the 4tet, which fusescontemporary pop, rock and folkwith instrumental jazz into hisoriginal compositions.

Azerbaijan composer andpianist Amina Figarova leads offthe second half of the day withher quartet. Her criticallyacclaimed new CD, “Twelve,” wasreleased Tuesday.

Acclaimed drummer AlphonseMouzon’s musical associationsread like a Who’s Who of modernjazz and pop music. Creditedwith being the rhythmic founda-tion for the far-reaching musicalexplorations of pianist McCoyTyner, he was a charter memberof the group, along with key-boardist Joe Zawinul and saxo-phonist Wayne Shorter.

His talents cover a broad rangeof musical disciplines andphilosophies that have led towork with artists as diverse asStevie Wonder, guitarists EricClapton, Jeff Beck, Carlos San-tana, and Led Zeppelin vocalistRobert Plant.

“It’ll be great to be comingback,” said Mouzon during arecent phone interview from hishome in Los Angeles. “The lasttime I performed there was withPoncho Sanchez at the junior col-lege theater in ’88.”

Mouzon will be bringing aquintet of Los Angeles heavy hit-ters, and the group features his15-year-old daughter EmmaAlexandra Mouzon on vocals.

“She started playing my drumswhen she was 3 years old, andnow plays violin, piano, guitar.”

Mouzon’s new CD, “AngelFace,” will be available for sale atthe festival.

Cuban percussionist Melenaspeaks volumes with her drum-ming. She’s toured, performedand recorded with legendaryartists like Barry White, StevieWonder, Julio Iglesias andChayanne, and fronts her ownLatin jazz and Afro-Cuban salsaband, which will perform at thefestival at sunset.

Born in Havana, Melena cameto the States with her family at age4. Raised around mostly Ameri-can culture, she began reconnect-ing with her roots after picking upthe drums as a teenager. Her firstteacher: world-renowned percus-sionist Luis Conte.

“He was my first percussionmentor. I was right out of highschool in Los Angeles. He taught

me Latin rhythms on drums, thenhe was the first person I saw play-ing congas, timbales, and all thefamily of drums. He pushed meto learn everything.”

Searching for the most com-prehensive instruction available,Melena found other teachersaround Southern California, butafter a visit to Cuba in 1988, herdedication to her musical goalsintensified.

“I always wanted to seek outmore about the music and what itmeant to me. In Cuba I foundmany master teachers. That putme back in touch with the musicthe way I had always felt it shouldbe,” she said. “When you talk tothe elders in Africa, they want thefresh new ideas from youngmusicians because, to them,you’re taking what they’ve doneand to the next level, but the rootof tradition is still there and reallystrong. They know that.”

Her stage show incorporatesdrums as well as a variety of Latindance moves, which will nodoubt have hips shaking in theaudience.

After Melena’s ignites the stage,the annual fireworks display willlight up the night, segueing intoSaturday’s closing act, saxophon-ist Richard Elliot.

Widely recognized as one of themusicians responsible for popu-larizing the smooth jazz sub-genre in the 1990s, the Scottish-born tenor saxophonist made aname for himself performing

with Bay Area funk legends Towerof Power.

“They were some of best andmost influential years of myentire career,” said Elliot of hisfive years with TOP. “I learnedmore with them than with anyother group I’ve ever played with.I kind of look at them as my grad-uate school.”

Although the smooth jazz crazehas died down after years of over-saturation, Elliot is not complain-ing. He sees it as just anotherphase in the evolution of jazzmusic.

“In many ways, what it wasback then is very different thanwhat it became later. Even thename ‘smooth jazz’ wasn’t addeduntil the ’90s, when it was lookedat more like contemporaryinstrumental music with guys likeDavid Sanborn, Bob James andRonnie Laws.

It fused jazz with R&B together.Back then when radio stations

were open to being more accept-ing of that, the sound was able toflourish. Unfortunately, what Ithink happened later on was thatthe sound began to get pigeon-holed as a very less aggressive,watered-down type of music.That’s why you hear less of ittoday, because what radio did toit.”

Yet in many ways, Elliot saidthere’s never been a more excit-ing time to play jazz.

“I’d like to think it’s reinventingitself. I listen to guys like Trom-bone Shorty and others who arepushing the boundaries, remind-

ing people what made instru-mental music exciting in the firstplace. Everything kind of comesfull circle, and right now it’s get-ting more grassroots and lessabout being homogenized.”

Elliot plans to bring the housedown with tracks of his latest CD,“In the Zone,” plus a wealth ofcareer-spanning material.

“We always tend to rock a littleharder live than on the CD. We’llcover a lot of ground, but most ofall we like to have a good timewith the audience. And of coursewe like to funk. That’s in myDNA.”

Also appearing at theEagle Mountain CasinoEntry StageFriday: Velorio at 6 p.m., 7:55

p.m., and 9 p.m.

Saturday: CSUB Players at 1

p.m. and 2:45 p.m., Color

Blind at 3:40 p.m. and 4:50

p.m., Chesterfield King at

6:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 8:50

p.m.

PHOTO COURTESY OF R&B BOMBERS

The R&B Bombers appear Friday. “We’re a little different than a three-chord horn band,” said baritone saxophonist Dave Tolegian.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALPHONSE MOUZON

Jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon appears on Saturday’s lineup.

JAZZ: CONTINUED FROM 24


The CSUB Alumni Association willonce again pop the corks and twistthe caps for the annual Party in the

Park from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday atCSUB’s Alumni Park. The evening will fea-ture samplings of several fine wines, hand-selected by Imbibe, in addition to tastymicro-brews, food, music and fun.

Party in the Park precedes the annualBakersfield Jazz Festival, which takes placeat the adjacent CSUB Amphitheatre.

“Party in the Park is a great way to catchup with old friends while giving back to theuniversity by supporting student scholar-ships before heading over to the jazz festi-val,” said Jennifer Patino, interim CSUBalumni association director. “The twoevents have become a Bakersfield traditionfor many, many of our alumni and com-munity members.”

Attendees will have the opportunity tosample offerings from 40 labels, includingMumm Napa, Charles Krug ChardonnayNapa Valley, Alomas Melbec (Argentina),Sterling Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley,Beaulieu Vineyards, Santa CarlinaCarmenere (Chile), Morgan Cotes duCrows, Mulderbosch Rose (South Africa),

Antinori Peppoli Chianti Classico, MarcBredif Vouvray (France) and Duas Quintas(Portugal).

For those who fancy hops over grapes,Lengthwise Brewing Company and StellaArtois will offer beer tastings. Guests willreceive two complimentary glasses, one forwine and one for beer.

Between sips, a variety of hors d’oeuvreswill be served, including mini-sopes, pitashawarma and a gourmet burger station.Musical entertainment will be provided bylocal band Elevation 406.

Proceeds from Party in the Park go to theAlumni Scholarship Fund, which Patinosaid is of increasing importance as the ris-ing cost of a higher education becomesmore unaffordable to many students.

— CSUB public affairs department

CSUB campus hoppingwith Party in the ParkFundraiser features finewines, special beers

Party in the ParkWhen: 5:30 p.m. Friday

Where: Alumni Park at CSUB, 9001

Stockdale Highway

Admission: $45 in advance; $55 at

the event (package prices for Party in

the Park and the Bakersfield Jazz Festi-

val available at bakersfieldjazz.com).

Information or tickets:sub.edu/alumni or 654-3211

BY STEFANI DIASCalifornian assistant lifestyles editor

[email protected]

The CIA wants you. And lest you startworrying about alarms raised duringyour last flight check-in, the CIA

we’re talking about is the Center forImprov Advancement, which is seekingcharismatic performers to increase itsranks. On May 19, interested players have achance at 20 slots for a five-week improvcompetition that will crown a winner, whowill pocket a cash prize that could reach $500.

“It’s like an onstage workshop, but withprize money for completion,” wrote RobertLong, CIA owner-operator, in an email.“We ran a tournament last year that wasvery successful. The public is absolutelywelcome — the prize pool is built fromadmission fees.”

Although there can be only one winner,contestants can still walk away happy ifthey opt to keep working in local improv.Developing talent is one of the goals of theevent, according to Long.

“We’re looking for people with a basicaptitude for the fundamental concepts ofimprov: listening, acceptance, commit-ment, and support of your teammates,” hesaid. “We’re looking for people who arewilling to learn the skills of improv, ordevelop what they already have.”

The group is also interested in Spanishspeakers and puppeteers to help develop

Spanish and children’s improv troupes. Performers who want to stay involved

are encouraged to attend CIA workshopsfor a spot on a core (or house) team, or tohelp build an outside satellite team.

Core teams play Friday and Saturdaynights at the theater as well as at privateshows. The center has sent performers toevents as esteemed as the New York CityImprov Festival, the Los Angeles Improv Fes-tival and the Orange County Improv Cup.

Tapping into that downtown arts magic,CIA will test Thursday night performancesat JC’s Place (the revamped Penney’sbuilding) this summer. If all goes well, thegroup may move its operations downtown.

With new shows downtown and theweekly competition at its Ice House loca-tion, Long said there’s something foreveryone.

“This approach will create a win-win forCIA, JC’s Place, downtown, entertainment-seeking Bakersfieldians, and our new crop ofimprovisers coming out of these auditions.”

Got improv skills? Local outfitlooking for talented performers

CIA auditionsWhen: noon to 4 p.m. May 19

Where: The Center for Improv

Advancement, at The Ice House; 3401

Chester Ave., Suite M

Information: 412-3242 or email

[email protected]

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But outside the venue, it wasanother scene altogether.

“We just took it in a differentdirection musically and with thelook,” said Adame, 49. “You hadpeople picketing our shows, while300 to 400 kids would be packedinside the American Legion Hall orwherever we were allowed to throwa show ourselves. They thought wewere devil worshipers. We weren’t,but at the time there was the wholechild molestation/devil worshipthing in the news, and everyonewas going crazy.”

For the next five years, the groupwould make trips down south torecord a series of independentlyproduced 7-inch vinyl singles atFullerton’s Casbah Studios, whereOrange County heroes Social Dis-tortion recorded their debut,“Mommy’s Little Monster.”

During one of their many treks,the band made contact with ArtMorales, creator of the artwork for“Monster.” Morales offered to dothe cover for the band’s single,“The Final Conflict.”

“Everyone knew someone andwas accessible. Everyone justwanted to help each other out,”Adame said.

Following the release of the sin-gle, Burch and Sparks travelednorth to Berkeley to promote therecord on the college radio stationKPFA, where Dead Kennedys leadsinger Jello Biafra happened tohear the song. He liked the singleso much that he invited BurningImage to open a show in San Fran-cisco.

“It was amazing,” Adame said.“The Dead Kennedys have alwaysbeen one of my favorite bands. Sit-ting on the side of the stage andwatching the band play after theyinvited us to play — just incredible.”

Biafra’s friendship with the bandwould continue years after BurningImage dissolved in 1987. In fact, in2003 he and Adame would recon-nect at one of Biafra’s spoken-word engagements in Hollywood.

“The first thing he asked was,‘Do you have any more BurningImage music?’ ‘All I have is thistired old cassette,’” Adame replied.“I said I have all the masters. So heasked me to make him a CD of allthe music. He wanted artwork andsaid, ‘I’d really like to reissue thison my label.’ Needless to say,everyone in the band was shockedand gave their blessing.”

The 2004 release of “1983-1987”on Biafra’s Alternative Tentacleslabel is a collection of the group’soriginal catalog.

The band’s excitement spurred afull reunion for a one-time show,more for fans and themselves incelebration of the CD. The guysparted ways on friendly terms, andAdame continued to keep theband’s flame alive, releasinganother CD, “Fantasma,” in 2009with bassist Anthony Leyva replac-ing Sparks, who lives in San Fran-cisco. Bonnano and Burch remainin the lineup.

Proving you can’t keep a deadband down, Burning Image is backwith “Oleander,” a conceptualalbum loosely based on the “Lordsof Bakersfield” series of stories on ashadowy cabal of power players inthe city’s past, written by The Cali-fornian’s Robert Price, and thebook “Lords: Part One,” by Nick

Belardes. Belardes makes anappearance on the recording for aspoken-word intro.

“It’s probably just local folklore,but you never know,” Adame said.“Jello had asked my wife about‘The Lords of Bakersfield’ afterSean Penn had given him a copy ofthe movie ‘Witchhunt.’ He hadtucked it away for a while, but afterhe saw it, he asked me if we decideto record another album, he said‘write about this.’ This material isjust too good to pass up. You canhear the references to Bakersfieldand what’s going on. I wanted it tosound as low-fi as possible. I want-ed it to sound like an old BadBrains album: strange, andstripped down.”

The festivities begin at 10 p.m.Admission is $5 advance or $8 atthe door. Riley’s Backstage is locat-ed at 1523 19th St. Copies of “Ole-ander” and “1983-1987” will besold at the show, and also availablefor download at iTunes and Cdba-by.com. Visit the band atflavors.me/burning_image.

Matt’s pickRachel Platten at B Ryder’s

Bar, 7401 White Lane at 7 p.m.Sunday. $10, all ages, 397-7304.

If mom looks bored this Moth-er’s Day, get her to this show,quick. Singer-songwriter RachelPlatten became a favorite of con-temporary pop radio after therelease of the single “1,000 Ships”last year.

Her latest single, “Work Of Art,”is quirky, sugary stuff and sure tobe embraced by lovestruck ladieseverywhere. Also appearing is ris-ing starlet Madi Diaz, who, likePlatten, writes perfectly craftedindie gems for prime-time TV.

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who — his first time out — hit a home run booking talent for

this year’s jazz fest. Get the inside scoop on what to expect

at Bakersfield’s “party of the year.”

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day.

SUNDAY: When he’s not stir-

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ian’s Editorial Page editor,

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his heart: the Bakersfield

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style of music, and his full

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[email protected]

Bakersfield is known for memo-rable races — the Volkslauf, thePie Run, the Fog Run, Mr.

Toad’s Wild Run — so how does anew run stand out? In a wash of boldcolor.

On June 30, runners will lace up atthe Kern County Fairgrounds for theColor Me Rad 5K, which may seemlike a standard race — until runnershit the first kilometer.

Upon arrival in designated colorbomb zones, volunteers will launch avibrant cloud of hyperpigmentedcornstarch, covering anyone in rangewith color. A new color is introducedat each station until the finish line,where participants can join in anongoing color toss, dousing oneanother in plumes of yellow, green,blue, pink and purple cornstarch.

The inspiration for turning runnersinto living works of art? Holi, the spir-ited Hindu celebration of spring.

“In Utah, we have a Hindu temple,and they have the Holi color festivalevery year,” said Tommy Peterson, anorganizer for Bakersfield’s Color MeRad.

“There is a bunch of music anddancing, really brightly colored corn-starch they throw in the air. You seethe photos in the paper of peoplehaving fun. We thought, ‘Wouldn’t itbe fun to make a run out of it? Let’stake the idea and run with it.’”

And what an idea. With a $40 regis-tration ($45 after Friday) fee, partici-pants get a bit of fashion and fun.

“You get an awesome T-shirt. Thisrace shirt is actually really nice,” saidGretchen Willard, director of publicrelations for the Bakersfield Color MeRad. “You know you get some (event)shirts that you’ll just want to wear atthe gym.”

Sunglasses and a pigmented packof cornstarch for the color toss alsoare provided in the registration pack-et, said Willard, who participated inthe first Color Me Rad run last monthin Utah.

“(You receive) ‘Risky Business’-styleglasses with colored frames with ‘Rad’written on the side. The glasses arecute and give you some eye protec-tion. I was glad I was wearing my sun-glasses (during the run). You don’twant to get the color directly in youreyes.”

Although only small amounts ofcornstarch are thrown — either bysmall cup or hands — Willard recom-mended wearing glasses as well askeeping your mouth shut during themelee.

By the end, you’ll look like you’vegone through a Willy Wonka candymachine, but don’t worry about thestained skin.

“You’ll just be covered in colors. I

was surprised that the colors cameout pretty easily. My arms were cov-ered in blue and green. I thought, ‘I’mgoing to be permanently dyed.’ Itwashed off fairly well after a scrub inthe shower.”

With a colorful event focused onfun rather than competition, it’s nosurprise that it’s a draw for families.

At the Utah race, “people broughttheir babies in carriers. Kids, especial-ly once you get into 5 and olderrange, they have the biggest smiles ontheir faces (running through thecolor).”

(Bonus for families: the event is freefor children under 8.)

Peterson said his wife participatedin the Utah run along with their 6-year-old son.

“About half the people I’ve talkedwith have said that it’s their first 5K.It’s a party. There isn’t a clock. Wecare that you have a really good timedoing it.”

With the first two successful runs atUtah Valley University and VirginiaBeach, Color Me Rad has two morestops before hitting Bakersfield as itsfifth destination in June.

So why Bakersfield?“Why not?” Peterson said. “It’s a

great city. We took a bit of a gambleon Bakersfield, it’s a bit smaller. Butwe had a great response (when visit-ing).”

A “cool buzz” and warm weathercontributed to the decision as well asthe city being home to two colleges,with one — Cal State Bakersfield —identified as an intended beneficiaryof the event.

“We called around to some of the

other charities in town,” Petersonsaid, mentioning each run con-tributes a portion of proceeds to alocal organization. “CSUB (Founda-tion) isn’t viewed as a charity, but itwill be using most of the money forPEAK (physical education and kinesi-ology department).

“We decided that we like healthand fitness. (In some cities), we sup-port Special Olympics; at others it’sthe YMCA.”

Many college students have signedup, either for the run or to volunteerfor the Color Bomb Squad, whichoperates the color stations through-out the course.

Although spots are limited, Peter-son said people can volunteer for thesquad by emailing [email protected].

Whether you’re on the sidelines oron the course, Willard said to give ityour all.

“If you’re in, there get dirty. Thereare so few times, especially as adults,that you can get in there and havefun. You might as well go all out.”

Runners of many colorsFun race lets athletesbecome works of art

Color Me Rad 5KWhen: Starts at 8 a.m. June 30

Where: Kern County Fairgrounds,

1142 S. P St.

Cost: $40 if registered by Friday;

$45 Saturday through June 15

(use promo code CSUB10 for 10

percent off registration)

Information: colormerad.com

PHOTOS COURTESY OF GRETCHEN WILLARD

You’ll have to run fast to avoidbeing covered in color — but whymiss out on the fun?

You’ll want to wear your Color MeRad shirt everywhere, which youcan’t say for many event Ts.

A jogger of many different col-ors at the Color Me Rad 5K atUtah Valley University.


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Today“Winescapes,” auction, wine

tasting and gourmet food, 6 p.m.,

Bakersfield Museum of Art, 1930 R

St. $40 advance; $75 per couple,

$50 at the door, $500 for table of

eight. bmoa.org or call 323-7219.

40th annual CSUB Spring BBQ,with live entertainment, dinner

served 5:30 to 9 p.m., CSUB, Icar-

do Center, 9001 Stockdale High-

way. $30 presale; $35 at the door.

gorunners.com or 654-3473.

An Old Fashioned Night at theTheater, with organist Robert Sal-

isbury playing to silent movie

“Wings,” 6 to 8 p.m., First Presby-

terian Church, 1705 17th St. Free,

but freewill offering will be accept-

ed at the door. 325-9419.

Bakersfield Deaf Senior Citi-zens Social Club, bring your

favorite potluck food, games, 11

a.m. to 3 p.m., East Bakersfield

Veterans Hall, 2101 Ridge Road. $5

(55+); $3 (50-54); $2 members.

Email [email protected].

California Reads: An EveningWith Rebecca Solnit, author of

“A Paradise Built in Hell: The

Extraordinary Communities that

Arise in Disaster,” 7 p.m., Beale

Memorial Library, 701 Truxtun Ave.

868-0770.

Guitar Class, taught by Mark

Albert, for individuals or a group,

Juliana’s Art Studio & Gallery, 501

18th St. $25. call 578-4570 or 327-

7507 for class details.

Poetry Open Mic, featuring poet

Julia Bloch; others are welcome to

bring prose and poetry, sign-ups

begin at 6:45 p.m., readings begin

at 7 p.m., Russo’s, 9000 Ming Ave.

665-4686.

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

American Red Cross, Kern Chapter,

5035 Gilmore Ave. 324-6427.

Right to Life of Kern CountyQuarterly Breakfast, speakers

Gladis Gonzalez and Michael Varga

sharing their experiences as

interns with the Right to Life of

Kern County, 7 to 8 a.m., Hodel’s

Country Dining, 5917 Knudsen

Drive. $25. Visit kernforlife.com or

864-7508.

SPCA Book Sale, daily, 10 a.m. to

8 p.m. Mondays through Satur-

days; noon to 6 p.m. Sundays until

May 28, near the old Michael’s

store near East Hills Mall, 3501

Mall View Road, Suite 113-114. bak-

ersfieldspca.org or 323-8353.

St. Jude Dream Home, open to

the public 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur-

days; noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, now

through June 10, 13501 Da Vinci

Drive. stjudedreamhome.org or 1-

800-385-9134.

Taft Certified Farmers Market,5 to 8 p.m., 5th St. Plaza, Taft. 765-

2165.

Zonta Bakersfield “Women ofthe Year” Dinner Gala, honoring

five women that have each

impacted the community, 7 to 9

p.m., The Padre Hotel, 1702 18th

St. $75. Email

[email protected] or

873-1866.

Bingo, warmups start at 5 p.m.,

with early birds at 6 p.m., regular

games at 6:30 p.m., Volunteer

Center of Kern County, 2801 F St.

From $20 buy-in to “the works.”

395-9787.

Friday26th annual Bakersfield JazzFestival, 7 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Sat-

urday, CSUB, Amphitheater, 9001

Stockdale Highway. Two-day

combo $55; students $35; children

under 12 free. vallitix.com or call

322-5200.

98th Commencement Ceremo-ny, 7 p.m., Bakersfield College,

Memorial Stadium, 1801 Panorama

Drive. Free. 395-4256.

Boys & Girls Club Golf Tourna-ment, check-in 11 a.m.; tee off

12:30 p.m.; awards 6 p.m., Rio

Bravo Country Club, 15200 Casa

Club Drive. $200; $700 team of

four. bgclubsofkerncounty.org or

325-3730.

CSUB Community EngagementConference, 1 to 5 p.m., CSUB,

Doré Theatre, 9001 Stockdale

Highway. Free. 654-2782.

CSUB Geology Club Spring Din-ner, 5 to 10 p.m., American Legion

Post 26 Hall, 2020 H St. $20

advance; $25 at the door. All pro-

ceeds benefit the Geology Club’s

activities. Email

[email protected] or 654-3274.

FLICS International CinemaSociety, presents “The Trip,” 7:30

p.m., Bakersfield Fox Theater, 2001

H St. $5. flics.org or call 428-0354.

Saturday“Like Water for Chocolate”Cinema Saturday, begins at sun-

down, Valentien Restaurant &

Wine Bar, 1310 Truxtun Ave., Suite

160. 864-0397.

13th annual Banquet, hosted

California Wrestling Hall of Fame,

reception 4 to 6 p.m.; dinner ban-

quet 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Bakersfield

Marriott Hotel, 801 Truxtun Ave.

$70. 408-978-9543.

14th annual Crawfish Festival,live music, 1 to 8 p.m., The Prime

Cut, 9500 Brimhall Road. $45 pre-

sale; $50 at the gate. 831-1413.

2012 All-American PoweredCar Show, with 50/50 drawing,

door prizes and more, 7 a.m. to 4

p.m., Bakersfield RV Resort, 5025

Wible Road. $35 entry fee. 289-

0151.

2012 Concert Series, with Fire-

fall, 8 p.m., Bright House Networks

Amphitheatre, 11200 Stockdale

Highway. $10. ticketmaster.com or

all Ticketmaster outlets or by call-

ing 800-745-3000.

Afternoon Tea & Fashion Show,music by Hannah DiMolfetto, raffle

drawing, 2 to 4 p.m., Timeless Fur-

nishings, 1918 Chester Ave. Free.

326-0222.

Art Day for Children, noon to

4:45 p.m., CSUB, Education Build-

ing, 9001 Stockdale Highway. 654-

3031

Bakersfield Symphony Orches-tra, presents “Orchestral Paintings

on Display,” 8 p.m., the theater at

Rabobank Convention Center, 1001

Truxtun Ave. $34 to $50; full-time

students half price. bakers-

fieldsymphony.org or call 323-

7928.

Book Signing, with author Gina

Meyers of “Love at First Bite: The

Unofficial Twilight Cookbook” and

“From Muggles to Magic, The

Complete Unofficial Harry Potter

Cookbook,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,

Barnes & Noble, 4001 California

Ave. 631-2575.

Cat Adoptions, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays; 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays,

Petco, 8220 Rosedale Highway.

$65 includes spay/neuter, vaccines

and leukemia testing. 327-4706.

Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon,

next to Golden State Mall, 3201 F

St., and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Brimhall

Square, 9500 Brimhall Road.

Democratic Women of Kern,breakfast meeting, 9 a.m., Garden

Spot, 3320 Truxtun Ave. $5, 322-

7411.

Diamond Diva Roller Derby,Roughcuts vs. Roller Kitties, 6

p.m., Skateland, 415 Ming Ave. $10

advance for adults; $12 adults; $5

children and seniors. Tickets can

be purchased online at brownpa-

pertickets.com.

E-Waste Recycling Event andYard Sale Fundraiser, 9 a.m. to 2

p.m., West High School, 1200 New

Stine Road. jenchrisbren@sbcglob-

al.net.

Kern Audubon Society, field trip

to Sycamore Canyon in Bear Valley

Springs, meet 8 a.m. in Tehachapi

at the Burger King parking lot.

Bring water, snacks and binocu-

lars. kernaudubonsociety.org or

304-6816.

Kern Valley Museum HistoryDay, contests, demonstrations,

entertainment, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Kern Valley Museum, 49 Big Blue

Road, Kernville. Free. 760-376-

6683.

Mothers Day Tejano Dance,with Conjunto Califas and Elena y

Los Tejano Riders, 7 p.m. Saturday,

Fandango City Palace, 3510 Wible

Road. $20. 327-1095 or 301-8051.

National Train Day Model TrainExhibit, featuring a portable

model train display, 11 a.m. to 4

p.m., Amtrak Station, 601 Truxtun

Ave. Free. Visit

nationaltrainday.com.

Pyles Boys Camp Annual Bar-B-Q, with $10,000 in prizes, barbe-

cue tri-tip, noon to 5 p.m., Kern

River Golf Course, picnic area,

Rudal Road. Adults, $15; kids under

12 are free. 805-5766 or 703-7663.

Random Writers WorkshopReading Series, with writer Larry

Hill, Q&A, reading from his novel,

“Streak Hitter,” signing books, fea-

turing Jane Hawley, Patty Wonder-

ly, Nick Belardes, 2 to 4 p.m., The

Foundry, 1602 20th St. $5. 301-

6142.

Second annual Disaster Pre-paredness Workshop, food,

giveaways, entertainment, activi-

ties for children, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,

The Friendship House Community

Center, 2424 Cottonwood Road.

Pre-register for event, 428-3828.

The Great Dinosaur Hunt, learn

about dinosaurs and fossils, 10

a.m. to noon, Kern County Muse-

um, 3801 Chester Ave. $10 adults;

$9 seniors/students (13-17); $8

students (6-12); $7 (3-5); children

under 3 and members are free.

868-8425.

Tiger Hunt Activity Day, for cur-

rent kindergarten-age boys and

their parents, 10 a.m. to noon,

Greystone Park, 5709 Mountain

Vista Drive. Free. 599-2487.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post10859, Rosedale & Ladies Auxil-

iary, 9:30 a.m., Greenacres Com-

munity Center, 2014 Calloway

Drive. 588-5865.

Yokuts Park Fun Run, practice

racing and earn points, 7 a.m.,

Yokuts Park, Empire Drive off Trux-

tun Avenue. Free. bakersfieldtrack-

club.com or 203-4196 or 391-

7080.

SundayCALM’s Mother’s Day Special,mothers and grandmothers will be

admitted for Mother’s Day for $5,

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., CALM, 10500

Alfred Harrell Highway. You’ll have

a chance to win a free CALM fami-

ly membership. calmzoo.org or

872-2256.

Elk’s Mothers Day Brunch, 10

a.m. to 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, 1616

30th St. $10. 323-7535.

Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2

p.m., Kaiser Permanente, 8800

Ming Ave. 877-524-7373.

Mother’s Day Music Fest, noon

to 7 p.m., Kern County Fairgrounds,

Budweiser Pavilion, 1142 P St. Free

admission and parking. 327-9711.

Mother’s Day Painting Party, 11

a.m. to 5 p.m., Color Me Mine at

The Marketplace, 9000 Ming Ave.

$25. bakersfield.colormemine.com

or 664-7366.

THEATER“Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Hor-ror Show,” 8 p.m. Friday and Sat-

urday, Bakersfield Community The-

ater, 2400 S. Chester Ave. $15

adults; $12 seniors/students/mili-

tary. 831-8114.

“Trouts” The Musical, 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sun-

day, Gaslight Melodrama Theatre

& Music Hall, 12748 Jomani Drive.

$12 to $23. 587-3377.

Bakersfield College One Acts,11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, The

Empty Space, 706 Oak St. $5. 327-

PLAY.

Improv Comedy Show, with

Center For Improv Advancement, 8

to 9:30 p.m. Fridays and Satur-

days, Ice House, 3401 Chester

Ave., Suite M. Adults: $5, children

under 12 are $1. ciacomedy.com.

Major League Improv, improvi-

sational comedy show, appropriate

for families, 6 p.m. Saturdays, The

Empty Space, 706 Oak St. Free but

donations are accepted. 327-PLAY.

ART“A Time to Write,” part of the

Art for Healing program, 1 to 4

p.m. every second Saturday, Mercy

Art & Spirituality Center, 2215

Truxtun Ave. 324-7070. Register

online at mercybakersfield. org/art

or 632-5747.

Art Classes, in drawing, watercol-

or, oils, color theory, for beginners

and advanced, Bakersfield Art

Association Art Center, 1817 Eye

St. 869-2320.

Art for Healing program, class-

es that alleviate stress, resulting

from illness, or grief. All classes

are free but some suggest a dona-

tion and are held at Mercy Hospi-

tal, Truxtun Campus, Truxtun and

A Street. Visit mercybakersfield.

org/art or to register, 632-5357.

Beginning Drawing Class, for

high schoolers, 5 to 7 p.m. Thurs-

day, Bakersfield Art Association

Art Center, 1817 Eye St. $15 per

session. 869-2320.

The Art Shop Club, 9 a.m. to

noon each Thursday, Friday and

Saturday, The Art Shop, 1221 20th

St. All mediums. 322-0544, 589-

7463 or 496-5153.

MUS IC

BluesKern River Blues Society Jam, 2

to 8 p.m. every second Saturday,

Trout’s, 805 N. Chester Ave. 872-

7517.

BuckdancingFiddlers Crossing, 206 E. F St.,

Tehachapi, 823-9994; Evie Ladin

and Keith Terry, 7 p.m. Saturday.

$20.

Classic RockThe Old River Monte Carlo,9750 Taft Highway, 837-0250; No

Limit, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Go & Do

“Winescapes,” auction,

wine tasting and gourmet

food, 6 p.m. this evening, Bak-

ersfield Museum of Art, 1930

R St. $40 advance; $75 per

couple, $50 at the door, $500

for table of eight. bmoa.org or

call 323-7219.

GO & DO


“Screaming Eagle 1992,” anacrylic by Linda Osburn,will be at the BakersfieldMuseum of Art’s“Winescapes” fundraiser.


Eye StreetT-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 Dis-

trict Blvd., 398-1300; Mystic Red,

7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

ComedyElevation Lounge, 818 Real Road,

325-6864; Improv Tuesday — Live

comedy with DJ after party, 9 p.m.

Tuesdays.

CountryBuck Owens Crystal Palace,2800 Buck Owens Blvd., 328-7560;

Monty Byrom & the Buckaroos,

7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 Alfred

Harrell Highway, 873-7613; Honky

Tonk Truckers, 7 p.m. Friday; Lil

Gritty, 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-

8900; Vince Galindo, 9 p.m.

Wednesdays.

DancingBakersfield Rounders, ballroom

(cued) transition class levels two

and three, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, South

Bakersfield Veteran’s Hall, 1905

Wilson Road. $10 per couple. 747-

7921.

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

Stage Studio, 1710 Chester Ave.

323-5215. $45 regular session; $65

combo session. bakersfieldbelly-

dance.biz.

Folklorico Classes, advance

dancers/performing group 6 to 8

p.m. Fridays; and beginners, all

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

days, Fruitvale-Norris Park, 6221

Norris Road. $22 per month for

beginners; $25 per month for

advance dancers. 833-8790.

Greenacres Community Center,

2014 Calloway Drive, offers ball-

room dance, East Coast swing

(jitterbug) and Argentine Tango

dance classes; $35, $45 for non-

members. 322-5765 or 201-2105.

Joaquin Squares, 7:30 to 9:30

p.m. Thursday, Rasmussen Center,

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

325-3086 or 399-3658.

Maverick’s Singles, with music

by Jerry Hobbs, 7 to 10 p.m. Friday,

Kern City Town Hall, 1003 Pebble

Beach Drive. $7 member; $9

guest. 831-9241.

DJBanacek’s Lounge, 4601 State

Road, 387-9224; with DJ Casey

Overstreet, 9 p.m. Fridays.

Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,

3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139;

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

DoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio

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

school, ’80s & ’90s music, 9 p.m.

to 1:30 a.m. every Saturday.

Le Corusse Rouge, 4647 White

Lane, 834-1611; with DJ Chill in the

Mixx, 5 p.m. every Friday until 2

a.m. Saturday.

Rockstarz Party Bar, 7737

Meany Ave., Suite B5, 589-6749;

DJ James, 9 p.m. Thursdays

through Saturdays. Free.

The Bull Shed Bar & Grill, at

Hotel Rosedale, 2400 Camino Del

Rio Court, 327-0681; with Meg,

7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Jazz Cafe Med, 4809 Stockdale High-

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

to 11 p.m. Thursdays.

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

WINE; live music & wine bar with

featuring local artist and Jazz Con-

nection, along with 24 wines, 6 to

8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday;

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Satur-

day.

King Tut, 10606 Hageman Road;

live instrumental and vocal jazz,

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

Saturday. Free.


Lane, 834-1611; Bakersfield Jazz

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

every Wednesday.

Que Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701

Ming Ave., 832-5011; Jazz Invasion,

9 to 10 p.m. every Saturday.

Steak and Grape, 4420 Coffee

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

Thursday through Saturday. Free.

The Nile, Jazz Music, 6 p.m.

every Sunday. Cost $10 at 1721

19th St. 364-2620.

Karaoke

B. Ryder’s Sports Bar & Grill,7401 White Lane, 397-7304; 8 p.m.

Thursdays and Tuesdays.

Banacek’s Lounge, 9 p.m. every

Friday and Saturday at 4601

State Road. 387-9224.

Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 9

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

days.

Big Daddy Pizza, 6417 Ming

Ave., 396-7499; 7 to 10 p.m.

every Tuesday; 8 to 11 p.m. every

Friday.

Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 4200 New

Stine Road, 397-5000; 6:30 to

9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Cataldo’s Pizzeria, 6111 Niles St.,

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

days.

Chateau Lounge, 2100 S.

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

every Saturday.

City Slickers, 1001 W. Tehachapi

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

and Thursdays.

Corona’s Cantina, 9817 S. Union

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

days.

Don Perico Restaurant, 2660

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

to 11 p.m. Thursdays.

DoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, 3100 Camino Del Rio

Court; 8 p.m. to midnight Tues-

days.

Elevation Lounge, 818 Real Road,

325-6864; 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Ethel’s Old Corral, 4310 Alfred

Harrell Highway, 873-7613; 6 to 9

p.m. every Wednesday.

Iron Horse Saloon, 1821 S.

Chester Ave., 831-1315; 7 to 11

p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays.

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

10 p.m. every Friday.


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

p.m. to midnight Tuesdays.

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

day and Thursday at 10612

Rosedale Highway. 589-0412.

Magoo’s Pizza, 1129 Olive Drive,

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

day.

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

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

McMurphy’s Irish Pub & SportsBar, 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.

Pour House, 9 p.m. Fridays and

Saturdays at 4041 Fruitvale Ave.

589-9300.

Pyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner, 323-

0053; 8 p.m. to midnight Satur-

days.

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

3300; 8 p.m. every Wednesday.

Rocket Shop Cafe, 2000 S.

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

to midnight Saturday.



8 p.m. Mondays through

Wednesdays.

Rocky’s Pizza & Arcade, 2858

Niles St., 873-1900; 5:30 to 9:30

p.m. Wednesday.

Round Table Pizza, 2060 White

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

day.

Round Table Pizza, 2620 Buck

Owens Blvd., 327-9651; The Junc-

tion with host Mac Clanahan, 8:30

p.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. every

Wednesday.

Sports & Spirits, 6633 Ming

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

and Saturdays.

Syndicate Lounge, 1818 Eye St.,

327-0070; with Alisa Spencer, 9

p.m. every Wednesday.

T-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 Dis-

trict Blvd., 398-1300; 7:30 to 11

p.m. Thursdays.

Tejon Club, 6 to 10 p.m. every

Saturday at 117 El Tejon Ave. 392-

1747.

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

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

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Junction Lounge, 2620

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

p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

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

8:30 p.m. every Thursday.

The Playhouse, 2915 Taft High-

way; 397-3599; 7 to 10 p.m. Sun-

days.

The Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall

Road, 831-1413; hosted by Ed

Loverr, 9 p.m. to midnight Friday.

The Regent, 2814 Niles St., 871-

4140; 8:30 p.m. every other Friday.

The Wrecking Yard, 9817 S.

Union Ave., 827-9192; 7 to 10 p.m.

Mondays, Tuesdays and Thurs-

days.

The Wright Place, 2695-G Mount

Vernon Ave., 872-8831, 8 p.m.

every Thursday.

Tomi’s Cowgirl Cafe, 7 to 10

p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday

at 1440 Weedpatch Highway. 363-

5102.

Trouts & The BlackboardStages, 805 N. Chester Ave., 399-

6700; 7 p.m. Mondays and Thurs-

days, 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays,

Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays

and Sundays.

Vinny’s Bar & Grill, 2700 S.

Union Ave., 496-2502, 7 p.m.

Thursdays. 21 and over.

Latin/SalsaDoubleTree Hotel, ClubOdyssey, Club Odyssey, 3100

Camino Del Rio Court, 633-1949;

various levels, 3 to 9 p.m. every

Sunday. $5 per person, per lesson.

Mariachi Camino Real Restaurant, 6 to 9

p.m. every Sunday at 3500 Trux-

tun Ave. 852-0493.

Music showcaseThe Prime Cut, 9500 Brimhall

Road, 831-1413; featuring local

artists, 7 to 10 p.m. every

Wednesday.

Oldies KC Steakhouse, 2515 F St., 322-

9910; Jimmy Gaines, Bobby O and

Mike Halls, 6:30 p.m. Thursday

through Saturday.

Old schoolQue Pasa Mexican Cafe, 2701

Ming Ave., 832-5011; Al Garcia &

the Rhythm Kings, 8 to 11 p.m.

every Thursday.

Tam O’Shanter, 2345 Alta Vista,

324-6774; The Latin Lobos, 8:30

p.m. Friday and Saturday. $5 per

night.

Open MicFiddlers Crossing, 206 E. F St.,

Tehachapi, 823-9994; 7 p.m.

Wednesdays. $5.

The Canna Cafe, 6 to 9 p.m.

every Wednesday, East Hills Mall,

Food Court, 3000 Mall View

Road, 428-0170.

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

Rachel Platten, 8 p.m. Sunday.

$14. vallitix.com or 322-5200.

R&BT-Bones Steakhouse, 8020 Dis-

trict Blvd., 398-1300; Mind, Body

& Soul, 4 p.m. Sunday.

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

Byler Project, 9 p.m. Thursday; J

Bombs, 9 p.m. Friday; Black Water

Soul, 9 p.m. Saturday. $5 each

night.



live bands, 9 p.m. every Thursday.

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

Andre Nickatina, guests Prof and

Mumbls, 7 p.m. Wednesday. $21.

vallitix.com or 322-5200.

Bellvedere Cocktail Lounge,

3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139;

UNB, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Trivia nightBellvedere Cocktail Lounge,

3090 Brundage Lane, 325-2139; 7

p.m. Tuesdays.

Chuy’s, 2500 New Stine Road,

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

Sandrini’s, 1918 Eye St., 322-

8900; Trivia Night with Dave

Rezac, 10 p.m. Tuesdays.

VarietyPyrenees Cafe, 601 Sumner, 323-

0053; Mike Montano, 1 p.m. Satur-

day.

Sound Stories, music from local

bands, 8 p.m. Saturday, The Empty

Space, 706 Oak St. $5. 327-PLAY.

40th annual CSUB Spring BBQ, with live entertainment, dinner

served 5:30 to 9 p.m. today, CSUB, Icardo Center, 9001 Stockdale

Highway. $30 presale; $35 at the door. gorunners.com or 654-3473.

GO & DO

PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNIFER BURGER

Adam Icardo, left, and Tom Antongiovanni grill steaks at theCSUB barbecue.

Eye Street Entertainment / 5-10-12

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