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< Friday, April 14, 2023 >


All Day Call to Artists for Mother Lode Art Association's 68th Fine Art Show & Exhibition
Sonora, CA...The Mother Lode Art Association is pleased to announce its 68th Fine Art Show and Exhibition to be held at the Sonora Opera Hall April 7th through April 15th. We are calling all artists to enter today. Entry forms and eligibility rules are available at motherlodeartassociation.org. The deadline to enter is March 17th.
Categories for submission are 1. Acrylics & Oils 2. Watercolor 3. Pastel 4. Mixed media & graphics 5. 3-Dimensional 6. Foothill Favorites (any medium). In addition to the prestige of winning at the annual event, there are some very generous awards: Best of Show, $300; Diane Sanguinetti Honorary Award $100; Loretta Pagni Honorary Award $100; Categories 1-5 1st Place $100 Second Place $75 Third Place $50 and Honorable mentions. Foothill Favorites $100. People’s Choice $100.


The Fine Art Show is the primary fundraiser with proceeds from entry fees, art sales commissions and silent auction going to support art education in local schools. In addition to our regular show, the association in conjunction with TCA will sponsor a juried student show. The Sonora Photo Club will share images from its in-house photo contest by Sonora Photo Club members and the WATCH Community and Jamestown Ranch will also display works of art at the Opera Hall.

The show will open with a reception for artists April 7th from 5pm-8pm with Awards announced at 6 pm. The show will continue until April 15th and feature on stage events. For more information, please go to motherlodeartassociation.org.
All Day Arts of Bear Valley Window Gallery April Artists
Arnold, CA...Artists Janet Alcalde and Margaret Sloan will exhibit paintings and photographs in Arnold Shopping Center window gallery. Jan Alcalde and Margaret Sloan exhibit nature-inspired art at Meadowmont Shopping Center in Arnold.





Photographer and watercolorist Janet Alcalde joins with painter Margaret Sloan to exhibit artworks centered on nature at the Arts of Bear Valley Window Gallery at Meadowmont Shopping Center in Arnold. You’ll be able to view their work from April 1 to April 30.

Jan Alcalde has been dabbling with photography for years and took up watercolor in retirement.  Her images are inspired by the wonders of nature and the Sierra Nevada.  She is also hopelessly enchanted by the beauty of New Mexico and the southwest in general, returning whenever possible to enjoy and capture its magic.

Sloan’s soft watercolors and oil paintings focus on still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, all related to her love of nature. “So many of us feel adrift these days,” she said. “My artwork holds space for the viewer to connect with nature, other people, and ultimately, themselves.”

The Arts of Bear Valley Window Gallery is window space donated graciously by the Meadowmont Shopping Center where Arts of Bear Valley artists exhibit their work to the public. Artwork is for sale; information at the space gives instructions to purchase the artwork. Contact Alcalde at 209-728-33656 or jalcalde@comcast.net or Sloan at 650/823-5538 or www.margaretsloan.com to learn more about their work and purchase directly from them.)

Arts of Bear Valley is a local association devoted to developing and promoting the visual arts along the Upper Highway 4 corridor in Calaveras and Alpine counties. Learn more about Arts of Bear Valley at www.aobv.com.

Press Release from Janet Alcalde and Margaret Sloan with Arts of Bear Valley

For Immediate Release

Contact:
Jan Alcalde
209-728-3365
jalcalde@comcast.net

Margaret Sloan
650/823-5538
msloanedit@gmail.com

Location: Meadowmont Shopping Center
Suite number W210
2182 CA-4, Arnold, California

Show dates:
April 1-30, 2023

Alcalde_Janet White_Sands_Yucca.jpg
Jan Alcalde captures the sparkling gypsum of White Sands National Park and the spent pods of New Mexico’s state flower.

Alcalde_Janet Taos_Window_II.jpg
Jan Alcalde visits this classic turquoise window and every-changing wall  every time she visits New Mexico.

Sloan_Margaret Death_Valley_Storm.jpg
Margaret Sloan captures the drama and beauty of a winter storm over the Panamint Range in Death Valley.

Sloan_Margaret Coyote_Gaze
Margaret Sloan painted this watercolor portrait after a close encounter with a coyote.

Jan Alcalde and Margaret Sloan exhibit nature-inspired art at Meadowmont Shopping Center in Arnold

Photographer and watercolorist Janet Alcalde joins with painter Margaret Sloan to exhibit artworks centered on nature at the Arts of Bear Valley Window Gallery at Meadowmont Shopping Center in Arnold. You’ll be able to view their work from April 1 to April 30.

Jan Alcalde has been dabbling with photography for years and took up watercolor in retirement.  Her images are inspired by the wonders of nature and the Sierra Nevada.  She is also hopelessly enchanted by the beauty of New Mexico and the southwest in general, returning whenever possible to enjoy and capture its magic.

Sloan’s soft watercolors and oil paintings focus on still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, all related to her love of nature. “So many of us feel adrift these days,” she said. “My artwork holds space for the viewer to connect with nature, other people, and ultimately, themselves.”

The Arts of Bear Valley Window Gallery is window space donated graciously by the Meadowmont Shopping Center where Arts of Bear Valley artists exhibit their work to the public. Artwork is for sale; information at the space gives instructions to purchase the artwork. Contact Alcalde at 209-728-33656 or jalcalde@comcast.net or Sloan at 650/823-5538 or www.margaretsloan.com to learn more about their work and purchase directly from them.)

Arts of Bear Valley is a local association devoted to developing and promoting the visual arts along the Upper Highway 4 corridor in Calaveras and Alpine counties. Learn more about Arts of Bear Valley at www.aobv.com.
All Day Salt Water Hot Tub Sale at High Country Spa & Stove Center
Arnold, CA...Come see Bill & Barbara at High Country Spa & Stove Center located at 2720 Hwy 4 in Arnold or call us at 209-795-3593. We are participating in a Hot Spring Spa. National Campaign on Salt Water Spas. See below for details.




Family owned and operated since 1983, we are the premier hot tub, stove and fireplace source in Calaveras, Tuolumne and Amador counties. Bill Deplitch is a general contractor and built many homes in the Arnold area from the late 70’s to the early 90’s. Today, along with his wife Barbara, they run High Country Spa and Stove Center along with their son Zachary who is the “go-to” service manager. High Country Spa and Stove Center brings to the table a wealth of valuable construction experience. It is this experience that sets them apart from the rest. In addition to retail services, their background in building enables them to tackle an entire project from decks and hot tub enclosures to remodels.

Our hot tubs come exclusively from the Hot Spring Spas family including Limelight Hot Tubs and Hot Spot Spas. Check our extensive online Virtual Showroom; it’s is a great resource when selecting a hot tub and our knowledgeable staff is eager to help you while online or when you visit our Arnold showroom!

A wood stove, gas stove, pellet stove or fireplace compliments the luxury and relaxation of a hot tub. We have a wide selection, including Jotul and their full line of cast iron stoves, so whether you are looking for a fireplace or a traditional stove, you’ll find it here. Our fireplaces are supplied by Johnson Gas, specifically the Mendota Hearth Division, as well as Valor, which is manufactured by Miles Industries. We are also a Country Stove dealer, which is now owned by IHP.

With a foundation built of quality products and an experienced staff, High Country Spa and Stove Center is ready to transform your home into a sanctuary. Make High Country your one stop shop for a relaxing getaway at your own home!

High County Spa & Stove Center
2720 Hwy 4
PO Box 169
Arnold, CA 95223
209.795.3593
hictyspa@sbcglobal.net

Contractors License No. B-375004
07:30 PM Let There Be Love by Kwame Kwei-Armah at Murphys Creek Theatre Through April 15
Murphys, CA...Dwight Mahabir stars as misanthropic West Indian Alfred Morris. When Alfred is kicked out of his daughter’s Croydon house, he returns to his Willesden home to find he’s been gifted a caretaker, Maria. Having alienated friends and family, he seems happy to live out his illness-ridden days in the solitude of his West London house. Maria, a struggling but determined Polish immigrant, will have none of it, and the cantankerous and xenophobic Alfred realizes that he may indeed still have a role in life.


Somewhere among the soulful lyrics of Nat King Cole and the mutual struggle of making a life in a foreign city, these flawed humans will find a path to solace from their haunting past.

Directed by Todd Thomas

March 24 - April 15, 2023
- Evening Curtain: 7:30PM
- Matinee Curtain: 2:00PM

ABOUT THE CAST

Dwight Mahabir has been wowing MCT audiences since 2017 with incredible performances in Looking Over the President’s Shoulder, Driving Miss Daisy, The Whipping Man, and last year's standout production Satchmo at the Waldorf.

Charlie Vershay, a regular on the boards at MCT, was last seen in 2022's King Lear, Exit - Pursued by a Bear, and Doubt: a Parable.

Jessica B Thiessen a newcomer to MCT's stage, is an actor and producer of theatre in Portland, including the all-woman theatre troupe, Whisper Skin Theatre Company.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Kwame Kwei-Armah is a British actor, playwright, director, and broadcaster. In 2018 he was made Artistic Director of the Young Vic, where he has directed Twelfth Night and Tree.

From 2011 to 2018 he was previously the Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage where he directed: Jazz, Marley, One Night in Miami, Amadeus, Dance of the Holy Ghosts, The Mountaintop; An Enemy of the People, The Whipping Man and Things of Dry Hours.

Other work as a director includes: Tree (Manchester International Festival), Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Detroit’67 (Public Theatre, New York), The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre, New York and Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Porgy and Bess (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) the Olivier Nominated One night in Miami for Best New Play 2016 (Donmar Warehouse) and One Love (Birmingham Repertory Theatre).

As a playwright his credits include Tree (Manchester International Festival, Young Vic), One Love (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Beneatha’s Place (Baltimore Center Stage) Elmina’s Kitchen, Fix Up, Statement of Regret (National Theatre) Let There Be Love and Seize the Day (Tricycle Theatre).

Kwame was Artistic Director for the Festival of Black arts and Culture, Senegal, in 2010. He conceived and directed the opening ceremony at Senghor National stadium. He was an Associate Director of the Donmar Warehouse and has served on the boards of the National Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, and Theatre Communications Group. Kwame was the Chancellor of the University of the Arts London from 2010 to 2015, and in 2012 was awarded an OBE for Services to Drama.

In 2012, 2013 and 2014 Kwame was named Best Director in City Paper’s Best of Baltimore Awards and in 2015 was nominated for the prestigious Stage Directors and Choreographers Zelda Fichandler Award for Best Regional Artistic Director. In 2016 he was awarded the Urban Visionary Award alongside House Representative Elijah Cummings by the Center for Urban Families for his work in the Baltimore community. In 2019 he was the Chair of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Kwame is a patron of Ballet Black and a visiting fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.

TICKET PRICING
Children (12 and under) : $16.00
General Admission : $32.00
Senior (65+)/Student/Group : $26.00

RUNNING TIME

2 hours with one 15 minute intermissions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Refund/Exchange Policy: Refunds/exchanges are allowed up to 24 hours prior to booked performance. Cancellations within 24 hours and no-shows will be processed as a tax deductible donation to MCT.

Content Note: This production contains some profanity and racial slurs.

Late Seating Policy: There will be no late seating. Please plan to arrive early.

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