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< Sunday, April 8, 2018 >


12:00 AM - 12:00 AM Post Abortion Support Study
ARE YOU GRIEVING THE LOSS OF AN ABORTED CHILD?
KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS? COME JOIN OUR "FORGIVEN AND SET FREE" 8 week post abortion bible study starting the week of February 18th. No charge, but registration is required. ALL ARE WELCOME. Time and day of week to be determined. For more information call 736-9600 or Vicki Harrington 768-1765. All information is confidential.
08:00 AM - 11:00 AM La Grange Odd Fellows Breakfast Sunday April 8th
La Grange, CA...Time for a Spring wildflower tour, destination La Grange. The Odd Fellows of Lafayette Historical Lodge #65 remind you of our monthly breakfast, always on the second Sunday at the IOOF Hall in downtown La Grange. Sunday April 8th is the date this month. Breakfast hours are 8 to 11 am, the menu is biscuits and gravy, sausage, ham & cheese omelets and all you can eat pancakes. Complimentary coffee and orange juice round out the meal, all for $6, ages 6 to 12 $3, free for kids 5 and under.


Breakfast is served in the down-home atmosphere of our 1881 vintage Odd Fellows Hall, the scene of many town events and social gatherings, located on the main street at 30018 Yosemite Blvd.

While you’re in La Grange, look for the Adobe Barn located at the east end of town just past the windmill. The oldest structure in the area, it was a landmark when French sailors found gold in 1848. They settled here and named their town La Grange, “the barn”. The La Grange Museum docents can tell you more about the adobe structure and restoration plans. The Museum is open Sundays 11am to 3pm.

La Grange is located 24 miles west of Coulterville, 20 miles east of Waterford on Hwy 132, or 30 miles north of Merced on Hwy J-59. For more information call Chris at (209) 853-2128 or email: renwah @ sonnet.com.
11:00 AM - 05:00 PM Sunday Funday at Ironstone Vineyards
Murphys, CA...Sunday Funday at Ironstone Vineyards –Nothing says luxury like a mimosa, the daytime drink blend of OJ & California champagne that no weekend catch-up would be complete without! #SundayFunday Starting July 9, we will serve mimosas in our tasting room on Sundays between 11am-5pm!

11:00 AM Town Tours of Columbia State Historic Park
Columbia, CA...Enjoy an hour-long walking tour of town led by a park staff member or docent. See the actual gold discovery site, learn about the buildings and early merchants of Columbia. Sponsored by The Friends Of Columbia SHP. Visit their website for more information. Town Tours are every Saturday & Sunday starting at 11 am. Meet at the office on Main Street & State St Columbia, CA 95310

12:00 PM - 04:00 PM Murphys Old Timers Museum Will Display "Cattle in the Sierras " Through April
Murphys, CA...Funded by a California Stories grant from California Humanities, the Murphys Old Timers Museum, has produced an exhibit on the long-established practice of transhumance in the California Foothills and Sierra Nevada. Since gold was discovered in California in the winter of 1848, cattle have roamed the foothills in winter and spring, summered in the rich grasslands of the Sierra Nevada, and returned to their lowland homes in the fall. This annual pattern (transhumance), with established ranches and farms in the lower elevations and summer camps and pasturages in the high mountain meadows, is rapidly disappearing. Threatened with the diminishing price of beef to producers, difficulties in transporting livestock to their summer ranges, and environmental regulations, this 160-year old California tradition may disappear in the near future. Proponents of grazing argue that this will result in loss of mountain meadows and ponds as well as lowland ranches with their grass ranges to residential sprawl. Some environmental and hiking groups contend that livestock grazing in the mountains has led to degradation of streams and native ecosystems. The exhibit, and a video, recount the stories of historic cattle ranching in the California foothills and its battle to stay alive in the face of current environmental and economic challenges, also addressing the effects of its continued operation on mountain ecosystems. Utilizing historical and current photographs and the installation of a 1911 high country cow camp, this exhibit argues that by working together to solve grazing issues, ranchers, the Forest Service, scientists, environmental groups, and the public can resolve their differences, resulting in a win-win for all. A 15-minute video, presenting both sides of the issue and a hope for reconciliation, is forthcoming.




The exhibit will be on display at the Murphys Old Timers Museum, 470 Main Street, Murphys Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 12 pm to 4 pm through April 29, 2018. Call for more info 728-1160.
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM LECTURE "From Slavery to the Smithsonian"
by Sylvia Roberts
In her presentation, Sylvia Roberts will share her journey from a fledgling researcher, through her discovery of the existence of thousands of long-forgotten but well-documented early African American pioneers, to her role in the representation of this history in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
Sylvia Roberts is an historian and genealogist who lives in Jamestown, California. She is the author of Mining for Freedom: Black History Meets the California Gold Rush. Roberts is a 25-year resident of Tuolumne County, a long time member and past president of the Tuolumne County Historical Society, and current Board Member of the Tuolumne County Genealogical Society. She is the proud recipient of the Mother Lode Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee’s Humanitarian Award for her foundational work in African American history. As a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where she was born and raised, Roberts is currently researching her maternal grandparents, including ancestors both slave and free, and writing her second book.
Program will be held in the Museum's Carriage House
Cost: free for museum members, $10 non-members
Angels Camp Museum
753 S Main St., Angels Camp, CA 95222
(209) 736-2963 | angelscamp.gov/museum
03:00 PM Calaveras County Arts Council is Proud to Present the Mario Flores Latin Jazz Band, on April 8th
Angels Camp, CA...Calaveras County Arts Council is proud to present the Mario Flores Latin Jazz Band, a quartet of Jazz musicians, plus special guests at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 8, 2018. Mario Flores is a popular conga player who leads a band of musicians in steamy, vibrant soundscapes in the tradition of Tito Puente, Cal Tjader and Mongo Santamaria. Tropical jazz lights up the Bret Harte Theater. Band leader Mario Flores said listeners at the Latin Jazz concert on April 8 at the Bret Hart Theater should expect fireworks.


They’ll be playing standards, to be sure, but Flores promised that “you’re going to hear tunes that a lot of people have never heard before.”

Flores’s band, made up of four musicians—Flores on conga, Clinton Day on Bass, Mark Gee on Keyboards, and Michael Miller on percussion—plays the shimmering beats of Cuban Jazz and music in the tradition of Tito Puente, Cal Tjader and Mongo Santamaria,. “We play a lot of old school Latin Jazz,” Flores said, but they also play modern tunes, including music written and arranged by Gee.

Flores, who grew up in Modesto has deep roots in the Central Valley, where Latin Jazz was the background sound of his family. “I grew up on that music,” he said. “My father was a Jazz drummer. He collected vinyl. Musicians like Tito Puente and also Carlos Santana.”

Flores, who often plays with the Columbia College Jazz bands, said he’s bringing some special guests from the respected Tuolumne school music program. Rod Harris on saxophone and Johnny Valdes will be joining Flores’s band to add to the sound.

And he’s expecting some Jazz vocalists from Columbia as well, and although he can’t yet be specific, he said, “There will be some exciting vocal leads.”

The concert won’t be only Jazz. “There will be a wide variety of music,” Flores said. “Pop to Jazz to Latin to Rock. All melted into high energy.” But Jazz will be the focus. Dancing is encouraged.

“The band has been studying this kind of music for years. We play it because we love it. I never get tired of playing this kind of music.”


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The concert will be held on April 8, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Dr. Elliott Smart Performing Arts Center at Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp, CA. Tickets are $25 adult/$10 under 18, and are available at Calaverasarts.org or 209/754-1774. Tickets will also be available at the door starting at 2:30 p.m.

There will be opportunity drawings for artwork at the concert.

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Tickets for the April 8 performance are available online at calaverasarts.org, 209/754-1774, at the office/gallery at 22 Main St. in San Andreas, and at the theatre box office starting at 2:30 pm the day of the concert. The Bret Harte Theatre is located at 323 Highway 49, Angels Camp, where there’s plenty of free parking and many designated handicapped seats.

Mario Flores Latin Jazz Band performance is part of the Ovations 2018 Performing Arts Series, a concert series presented by the Calaveras County Arts Council, a 36-year old non-profit organization, partially funded by the California Arts Council, a State agency.
03:00 PM Fasicinat'n Gershwin
An interactive afternoon of songs and storytelling featuring the music of George Gershwin by Karl Modery, pianist, presented by and benefitting Murphys Old Timers Museum on Sunday, April 8th, 3pm at Murphys Creek Theatre 580 South Algiers St. Tickets are $30 and available at Sustenance Books, Next! Consignment, Murphys Old Timers Museum, calling 209/728-1160 and at the door.

03:00 PM Fascinat'n Gershwin Benefit for Murphys Old Timer's Museum
Murphys, CA...An interactive afternoon of songs and storytelling featuring the music of George Gershwin by Karl Modery, pianist, presented by and benefitting Murphys Old Timers Museum on Sunday, April 8th, 3pm at Murphys Creek Theatre 580 South Algiers St. Tickets are $30 and available at Sustenance Books, Next! Consignment, Murphys Old Timers Museum, calling 209/728-1160 and at the door.



Event: Fascinat’n Gershwin
Date: April 8, 2018
Time: 3 pm

Location: Murphys Creek Theatre
580 South Algiers St, Murphys
Cost: $30 each
Contact: Murphys Old Timers Museum
209/728-1160
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM Hovey Winery Artist Series presents: Susie Hoffman
Hovey Winery is excited to welcome Susie Hoffman to our tasting room in April and May. Susie seized the opportunity to take up art after retiring from teaching. She started with watercolor but has branched out to work in most all media. Susie and her husband Larry opened Town Hall Arts in Copperopolis eight years ago.

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