Summer GUIDE #2 Musical Notes in Sonoma County by Shekeyna Black •
Shekeyna@AMiracleProductionAMP.com
dios…for the people.” The event takes place from the afternoon through the night and will feature musi- cal acts from the local area and beyond; live visual art- ists, artisan crafts vendors as well as an unique inter- active social environment. Reggae at
ODELL photo credit: © MC Photography
SONOMA COUNTY, CA. ~ Summertime is Music Time! Summer evokes fun outdoor festivals and cool indoor concerts to be shared amongst family and friends. Sonoma County offers a plethora of musical indul- gences sure to en- chant your senses all summer long. Here’s a sample of the Musical Smorgasbord: Funky Fridays spotlights musical talent at the incredible outdoor venue in Sugarloaf State Park, where 300 music afi cionados enjoy the scenery and the bands as a kick-off to the weekend every Friday eve- ning through Labor Day. The weekly non-profi t fundraiser concert series entices patrons
up out of their seats and onto the dance-fl oor; where eleva- tions in the park range up to 2,729 feet providing music with an alti- tude!
Sebastopol Rising
gathers on July 25th at Aubergine’s 755 After Dark. Guthrie Stoltzfus, the event coordinator, explains the concept behind
the annual Music & Arts fes- tival, Sebastopol Rising, “The event, our third installment of the same name, is based on providing a sincere platform for independent local artists to perform and share ideas that may otherwise remain unheard. In short, Sebastopol Rising is a festival by the people…those working in cluttered bedrooms, barns and countryside stu-
All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! Thomas Carlyle
the Redwood (Café, that is) brings to the stage on July 24th, two amazing So- noma County
bands; ODELL and Midnight Sun Massive with non-stop dance grooves from the cre- ative DJs of UnderGround Un- Limited. The genre is not strict- ly reggae since ODELL plays Soul-Fusion and the veteran musicians of Midnight Sun blend other styles into their set. Redwood Café in Cotati, as well as its sister establish- ment, Aqus Café in Petaluma, regularly host live entertain-
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ment and feature great food in a fun atmosphere. Check the entertainment calendars online to fi nd out about the various artists and musicians perform- ing at these two community- minded venues. Shakespeare in the Cannery presents the comedy, Twelfth Night, at the innovative out- door venue in historic Railroad Square in downtown Santa Rosa every Friday and Saturday evening from July 10th through August 15th. This second sea- son for the talented theatre company features live musi- cians playing original compo- sitions written specifi cally for this production by Sonoma County local business-owner and musician, Jan Lembke. He
is co-owner of L & M Piano Services.
Enjoy Music!
UPBEAT TIMES • July 2015 • 21 JOKES & Humor #6
A boy was assigned a paper on childbirth and asked his parents, “How was I born?” “Well honey...” said the slightly prudish parent, “the stork brought you to us.” “Oh,” said the boy. “Well, how did you and daddy get born?” he asked. “Oh, the stork brought us too.” “Well how were grandpa and grandma born?” he persisted. “Well darling, the stork brought them too!” said the parent, by now starting to squirm a little in the recliner chair. Several days later, the boy handed in his paper to the teacher who read with confusion the opening sentence: “This report has been very diffi cult to write because there hasn’t been a natural childbirth in my family for three generations.”
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www.ReadingsByYerevan.com Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach (707-762-5600) UPBEAT TIMES • July 2015 • 21
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