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36th Annual Calaveras Celtic Faire is March 11 - 13
Angels Camp, CA...The 36th Annual Calaveras Celtic Faire returns with the Largest and Biggest Celtic Event on the West Coast! Celebrating the cultures of Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Wales (Cymru), Scotland (Alba), Ireland (Éire), Isle of Man (Mannin, or Ellan Vannin) Galicia (Galiza), and Asturias, (Asturies)
We are welcoming back the Imperial Knights Tournament of Champions!
Imperial Knights Production Company produces an exciting medieval tournament with spectacular stunts on horseback, jousting and top-of-the-line, hand-to-hand combat with a variety of medieval weapons, cheer on your favorite knight!
We pride ourselves on our sword fighting and heavy armor jousting capabilities. With practice and hard work, we get better every day. Don’t miss any of the excitement when the Imperial Knights take the field!
Friday is an educational day for families and students. No alcohol is served, because it is a day for cultural and historical learning. See schedule for educational entertainment and exploring.
SERVICE DOGS ONLY, NO PETS ALLOWED
No Outside Food or Drinks
No Ice Chests
No Guns or Weapons
Historical swords & daggers Must be Peace Tied
Entertainment or Times subject to change
Open rain or shine.”
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Knight Foundry Celebrates Five Years! Saturday, March 12
Sutter Creek, CA...On March 4, 2017, a chilly windy day, Sutter Creek’s historic Knight Foundry opened its doors to the public for the first time in nearly 20 years. Nearly 1,200 people visited, and two decades of pent-up interest and enthusiasm was unleashed. Now, five years later, the organization that made it possible is both looking back at how they got here and making exciting plans for the future.
Looking back
Founded by Samuel Knight in 1873, the Foundry is unique as it is the only remaining water-powered foundry and machine shop in all of North America. Samuel Knight was an inventor as well as a machinist and entrepreneur, and his design for a water-driven impulse wheel would power the Foundry’s system of line shafts and belt drives largely unchanged through 123 years of continuous operation with four different owners. Knight Foundry would help to supply and equip Amador County’s deep shaft hard rock gold mines, as well as railroads and industrial facilities throughout California and beyond.
But by the early 1990s the unchanging machinery could not keep up with the ever-changing economic times. The final hot iron pour at the Foundry was in July 1996, after which the doors were padlocked and all activity, industrial and educational, ended. That same year the Foundry was named as one of America’s most endangered historic sites by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The site remained dormant for a solid two decades, as various nonprofit groups tried and failed to raise funds to purchase the site and open it to the public fell short. While the long sleep frustrated those who saw the immense historic value of the site, the historic machinery and inventory contents of the site surprisingly remained preserved and untouched during that period.
The breakthrough came in late 2016, when a deal was struck between the private owners of the Foundry and the City of Sutter Creek. The City lacked the funds to complete the transaction, but the community rallied to the cause, and through the Knight Foundry Alliance, the necessary money was raised in just four months. Donations came in from hundreds of individuals, families, and community organizations, all committed to seeing the Foundry as a public resource once again.
Looking forward
With the Foundry officially transferred, the work of transforming the Foundry into a world-class interactive museum and educational facility was begun. Second Saturday Public Tour Days began and have continued every month except during the height of the pandemic. The contents of the main building are organized, restored, and displayed, and other buildings in the complex have been rebuilt and either repurposed or returned to their original uses. The demonstration power system has wheels and belts turning overhead. Classes in blacksmithing and foundry practice are being held, and molten cast iron is being poured at the Foundry once again.
Knight Foundry Alliance has a wealth of projects planned for the next five years, including the complete reconstruction of the Pipe Shop building, cataloguing and digitizing the extensive Foundry archives, and expanding the education and interactive programs that draw upon the Foundry’s unique history, to name just a few.
Robin Peters, chairman of Knight Foundry Alliance (and a Foundry worker during his high school days), says, “If Knight Foundry is lost, along with it go technologies that may never be replicated.” Knight Foundry visitors will see these ancient technologies in action.
Visit Knight Foundry
On Saturday, March 12, and at every Second Saturday Tour Day, expert docents – many of whom have been on hand for the full five years and more – will be firing up the antique blacksmithing forge, pouring and crafting hot metal, re-creating the ancient art of tinsmithing, and demonstrating the magnificent and still-intact machinery.
Tickets are $15 for adults 18 and older; $5 for students age 5-17; free for children under 5 and Knight Foundry Alliance members. Hours: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. All demonstrations are included in the ticket price. No reservations are needed. Masks are suggested.
Knight Foundry is at 81 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek CA 95685. Learn more: #VisitKnightFoundry, email info@knightfoundry.com, or phone 209-560-6160.
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Sylvia at the Metropolitan Through March 20th
San Andreas, CA...After Greg and Kate move to Manhattan, he brings home a dog he found in the park bearing only the name “Sylvia” on her name tag. The marriage is put in jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.
4th Wall at the Metropolitan provides interactive theatrical experiences by producing quality entertainment through drama, dance, music, comedy and culture.
http://www.4thwalltroupe.com/
(209) 754-5555
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The Blue Mountain Theater Opens a New Play in March!
West Point, CA...After two long dark seasons, the Blue Mountain Players are excited to open a new play and welcome patrons back to our little theater in the heart of West Point. We dare you not to die laughing with this local production of The Cemetery Club, written by Ivan Menchell and directed by Vicki Snead-Hinkell.
The Cemetary Club tells the story of three Jewish widows who meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida, played by Sherry Parkey, is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life; Lucille, played by Nicole Wilson, is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun; and Doris, Debbie Blankenship, is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher, played by Craig Lafargue, enters the scene. Also introducing Sandy Gilcrest as Mildred.
Opens March 11th! Opening Gala at 6:30 p.m. Curtain at 7:30pm
Fridays & Saturdays, March 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th & 26th at 7:30pm
Sunday Matinees March 13th; 20th & 27th at 2:00pm
Ticket prices for, “The Cemetery Club”, are $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. For information and to purchase or reserve tickets please call 209 293-3100 or at bluemountaintheater@gmail.com.
COVID precautions in place to keep our community safe. Ticket sales limited, masks requested.
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Gold Rush Days in Columbia are the 2nd Saturday Every month – 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Columbia, CA...Reserve the second Saturday of every month for Gold Rush Days at Columbia State Historic Park. You’ll get to see inside special exhibits, stores and residences not regularly open to the public. Columbia’s Gold Rush Days is a chance to explore the historic town of Columbia and see it come alive with living history. Throughout town you will discover park docents interpreting what it looked, felt, and sounded like during the California Gold Rush.
Docents in period attire will provide lots of information on the structure of their featured building, nature of its business and equipment, contents of store merchandise, or interior décor of family homes, along with history of the times for visitors. If you’re lucky, the gambling table will be set up on the boardwalk for everyone to try their hand at betting against a mining camp gambler.
Starts: January 08, 2022
Occurs:
Time: 1-4pm
Admission: Free
Location: Columbia
Columbia State Historic Park
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2nd Saturday Art Nights Continue on in 2022
Sonora, CA...The second Saturday of every month, the merchants in Historic Downtown Sonora open their doors from 5:00-8:00 pm to host artists of all types for entertainment for locals and visitors. Starting at 5pm galleries, restaurants, and shops offer a magical blend of Art, Live Music, Performers & Art Demonstrations!
 
Look for our banners up and down Washington Street. This is where you will find Shops participating in 2nd Saturday ART NIGHT!
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The 33rd Annual TuCARE Dinner and Auction
Sonora, CA....On March 12, 2022, Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources & Environment (TuCARE) will hold their 33rdAnnual Dinner and Auction. The event is an opportunity for members and the public to gather, enjoy a great dinner, have fun at the silent and live auctions, and be entertained and educated by a keynote speaker. Proceeds from the auctions go to support TuCARE’s “Tours for Kids” programs. This year marks the organization’s 33rd annual event (although the last 2 years were not held in-person).
Guest speaker will be Dave Daley, California Public Lands Council Chair, and there will also be a short presentation following Daley about the Community Wildfire Protection Fund, a program that TuCARE and the Sonora Area Foundation have created to fund fuel thinning on private property in Tuolumne County.
Speaker Daley is a fifth-generation commercial cattle producer from Butte County, running the family ranch near Oroville alongside his son Kyle. Daley is also a leader in California’s beef industry, holding leadership positions on the local, state, and national levels.
Daley’s family has had cattle on US Forest Service grazing permits in the Plumas National Forest for generations, making him well versed in the issues public lands ranchers face and enthusiastic about preserving public lands grazing, leading him to serve in multiple leadership positions. He is currently chair of the California Public Lands Council, chair of the Public Lands Council Forest Service Committee, and chair of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Federal Lands Committee.
For more than 30 years, through his involvement with the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico, Daley has also been influential in the lives of other current and up-and-coming young cattle owners throughout the state. He recently served as the Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture at California State University and was an animal science professor at the university for many years. Today, Daley is still involved with the university through his role as farm administrator for the Paul L. Byrne University Farm.
Daley’s experiences as a cow-calf producer and an educator make him invaluable to California’s beef producers and the state’s cattle industry. In addition to his public land-related leadership roles, he currently serves as chair of the California Cattle Council. Daley is also past president of the California Cattlemen’s Association, and past president of the Butte County Cattlemen’s Association.
The dinner and auction will be held at the Elks Lodge in Sonora. Social-time starts at 4:30 p.m. with a chicken and tri-tip dinner following. The silent and live auctions will include some unique items such as a handmade quilt, one-of-a-kind artwork, gift certificates, dinner packages, and a wheelbarrow of wine. Cost for the event is $45.00 per person till February 28, then tickets go to $50. Tickets are not sold at the door.
TuCARE is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Anyone wishing to donate, or sponsor can contact the office at (209) 586-7816 or by email at tucare@mlode.com. Sponsorships include promotional opportunities and signage venues.
TuCARE advocates an increased awareness of natural resources in our schools and communities–believing that a more informed public will be able to make better decisions on how our natural resources are cared for and used. Learn more about the organization at www.tucare.com. To learn more about the Community Wildfire Protection Fund (CWPF) go to the website www.CWPFProject.com.
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